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news & views Not Hell Fest after all / 6 Heaven Fest organizers and volunteers practice Leave No Trace

by Jefferson Dodge County: Hike taxes for human services / 10 Ballot issue 1A would fill the gap left by state cuts

by Oakland L. Childers On the cover: Blowin’ in the wind / 16 Citizen sampling finds breathable plutonium in a home, on open space

by Oakland L. Childers

buzz Pretty Lights / 20 Fort Collins DJ to illuminate Red Rocks

by P.J. Nutting Overtones: Through blurred vision, Grace Potter sees success / 26 Overtones: Bill Frisell speaks softly / 27 Arts & Culture: Heaven Fest 2010 / 29 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 31 Elevation: Seven days, 500 bikes and a unicycle / 40 Cuisine: CU unveiling new dining extravaganza / 43 Cuisine review: Newport / 45 Dessert Diva: Flourless Chocolate Cake / 47 Screen: Dinner for Schmucks; Charlie St. Cloud / 51 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 54

departments Letters: Let’s all support Ibash-I; Story misleading at best / 5 The Highroad: Kissing bankers’ butts / 5 In Case You Missed It: Pot perplexity; Hick’s got it licked / 11 News Briefs: Humana drops Boulder hospital / 13 Police Blotter: Assault and child enticement; Snug graffiti / 14 Boulderganic: Getting in (recycled) gear for the outdoors / 19 Sophisticated Sex: Erection of the brain / 39 Classifieds: Your community resource / 57 Puzzles: Crossword and sudoku / 59 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 61

staff Publisher,, Stewart Sallo Editor Editor, Pamela White Managing Editor, Jefferson Dodge Associate Managing Editor, Oakland L. Childers Arts & Entertainment Editor, David Accomazzo Special Editions/Calendar Editor, Katherine Creel Office Manager/Advertising Assistant, Casey Modrzewski Online Editor, Quibian Salazar-Moreno Editorial Interns, Eli Boonin-Vail, Katelyn Feldhaus, Heather May Koski Contributing Writers, Rob Brezsny, Chris Callaway, April Charmaine, Ben Corbett, Paul Danish, James Dziezynski, Christina Eisert, Clay Fong, Charmaine Ortega Getz, Margaret Grondorf, Jim Hightower, Adrienne Saia Isaac, Gene Ira Katz, David Kirby, P.J. Nutting, Brian Palmer, Adam Perry, Danette Randall, Alan Sculley, Isaac Woods Stokes, Gary Zeidner Production Manager, Dave Kirby Art Director, Susan France Graphic Designer, Mark Goodman Circulation Manager, Cal Winn Inside Sales Manager, David Hasson Associate Director of Sales & Marketing, Dave Grimsland Senior Advertising Executive, Allen Carmichael Account Executives, Rich Blitz, Joe Miller, Francie Swidler Circulation Team, Halka Brunerova, Dave Hastie, Dan Hill, Alan Jones, George LaRoe Jeffrey Lohrius, Elizabeth Ouslie, Lowell Schaefer, Karl Schleinig Assistant to the Publisher & Heiress, Julia Sallo 10-Year-Old, Mia Rose Sallo August 5, 2010 Volume XVII, Number 52 As Boulder County's only independently owned newspaper, Boulder Weekly is dedicated to illuminating truth, advancing justice and protecting the First Amendment through ethical, no-holds-barred journalism and thought-provoking opinion writing. Free every Thursday since 1993, the Weekly also offers the county's most comprehensive arts and entertainment coverage. Read the print version, or visit www.boulderweekly.com. Boulder Weekly does not accept unsolicited editorial submissions. If you're interested in writing for the paper, please send queries to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. Any materials sent to Boulder Weekly become the property of the newspaper.

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Let’s all support Ibashi-I This was a great story by David Rosdeitcher. It helps us understand a lot about street performers and about this unique and interesting personality.

Ibash-I is a valuable citizen and performer who adds enrichment to the Boulder scene. He should not be deported.

What a dreadful idea!

Please keep following his case.

Ann Hayes/Boulder Ibash-I has been a spirit guide for many years on the Pearl Street Mall.

He’s guided people like my children, who are now all adults and have seen him perform many times. They heard and saw much more than just a performance. Ibash-I always talked about life and the planet and human connection.

He has been one of their mentors and a strong positive influence.

Let’s all do what we can to support Ibash-I and help him to stay in Boulder.

Jeff Richey/Boulder

Story misleading at best In response to “Economic Struggle, Ethnic Cleansing” in the July 22 edition of the Weekly (In Case You Missed It) — let me analyze the first three paragraphs that state the “new law enables racial profiling” and that, according to the Guardian UK, “Latinos are fleeing the state…”

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h them wild and naughty bankers!

What in the world will those rapacious rapscallions of Wall

and parts of Phoenix are ghost towns almost overnight, Mexican businesses of all kinds are closed, etc.

First, racial profiling has to do with individual police men and women who choose to do it for personal reasons.

They don’t need a law to give them permission. Second, why do we Americans have to have the UK Guardian tell us what is happening in

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Street do next?

Just recently, we learned from Kenneth Feinberg, the government’s special investigator of banker pay, that top executives of 17 financial giants shoveled $1.6 billion in excess compensation to themselves in 2008 — at the very moment their failing banks began to draw billions of bailout dollars from us taxpayers. Among the pranksters pocketing eyepopping amounts were the high-rolling bank bosses at American Express, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, PNC and Wells Fargo.

So, what’s the punishment these self-serving money manipulators can expect from Washington’s arbiter of excessive executive pay? None. In a stunBoulder Weekly

one of our own states on a nationally debated topic? Is our mainstream press failing us? If it is true that areas of major Arizona cities are now “ghost towns,” that shows how serious the illegal alien problem is in pointing to the true numbers of people who are not here legally! I can’t believe a citizen of this country would abandon his/her business because of fear over racial pro-

filing. Maybe folks who are here illegally can get business licenses, who knows?

Plus, if tens of thousands of Mexican heritage folks are fleeing the state, watch the crime rate drop quickly!

Now, as far as the term “ethnic cleansing” that is used in the article, is it ethnic cleansing when a normally see LETTERS Page 6

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Kissing bankers’ butts

by Jim Hightower ning show of soft-on-crime leniency, Feinberg declared that he will not even attempt to recoup any of the $1.6 billion the money-grubbers grubbed from us. Declaring that he thought shaming these bad boys was enough, Feinberg asked plaintively, “At what point are you piling on and going beyond what’s warranted?”

Shaming them? They’re Wall Street executives — they were born without the shame gene! Piling

on? They imploded their banks, crashed our economy, got Washington politicos of both parties to save their jobs, paid themselves a looter’s level of taxpayer booty, and now are getting a free pass to continue their flimflammery. Feinberg even refuses to release their names.

Some shame! If you rob a bank, the law hunts you down and throws your scrawny butt in jail to teach you and other robbers a lesson. But the lesson that Feinberg has given to America is that if you run a bank and rob the people, the law kisses your ample butt, giving you and others permission to find evermore-creative ways to keep stealing from us.

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white neighborhood all turns to Mexican, Asian or black when the “whites flee”? Give me a break! Hitler and the leaders of Serbia did ethnic cleansing, blacks in South Africa did ethnic cleansing against white land owners. Arizona is not performing “ethnic cleansing,” as people are leaving of their own free will and heading to other states, including Colorado, to take advantage of our social safety net programs for housing/food, schools and medical facilities, and to take jobs Americans won’t do (which are those, by the way, with millions of Americans out of work for long periods of time now?).

Thanks for listening. I always enjoy reading left-wing/progressive articles and laughing at the intellectual dishonesty and lack of critical thinking that you emote to us poor folks in hopes of enlightening us to your world view and how terrible this country is to live in!

Charlie Hanes/Louisville

Be reasonable about taxes (Re: “Chamber is wrong,” Letters, July 22.) A major issue behind the American Revolution was taxation without representation. Now that we’ve had representation for 223 years, some like Ms. Natalie Menten want to do away with taxation, period. How nice (it might be). Just think: $10 to register a car. But do away with what little discretion or leeway state and local governments in Colorado have to continue providing crucial and necessary services, and perhaps there will be no non-U.S. highways on which to drive.

How economically efficient it would be, to be without the nasty burden of providing free public K-12 education. They got along without it in Jefferson’s time. Just don’t expect companies to relocate to a state with a poorly educated work force.

What of prisons? And law enforcement? Who needs them? When we rid ourselves of government, we’ll all be completely civil, beyond reproach, without moral mistake of societal wrong.

How do we support a viable modern Western society? First, those who can should pay. That is why it costs more today to license a BMW than a Ford Focus. If Ms. Menten could see past her hood ornament she might discover that Amendments 60 and 61, together with Proposition 101, mean, for example, goodbye affordable housing (except perhaps a few private operators such as Habitat for Humanity, Thistle, etc.). Of course, these will no longer be able to borrow money from the Colorado Housing Finance Agency, but the wealthy will willingly seed these projects, needed now more than ever.

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Won’t they? What’s that? Once we’re free of “public” tyranny, all housing will be affordable? That’s easy: the majority of it will be vacant. You won’t be able to get a space on any outbound road for months if these atrocities pass, owing to the coming mass exodus.

If only these self-absorbed mavens could see that economic multipliers work in reverse, just as they do positively in times of growth. That is, for each state or local government job eliminated, more than one private-sector job will also disappear. Out-of-work persons of any kind don’t buy as many goods and services, in case she had not noticed lately.

Perhaps the businesses cited in Ms. Menten’s letter know something she doesn’t: With “60” and its cousins, business in Colorado may be free of taxation woes, but will also be freed from a little thing called demand. Austerity during contractionary times is financial suicide.

As an urban and regional planner I know how to compute fiscal impact.

Ms. Menten cites a “mere” 2 percent of all government expenditures combined.

Is that before or after the expected transition period, before or after many of our citizens leave? Let me make it easy: the wrath that would come is much like the enterprise or rental property that never spends anything to keep itself viable — it decays. In the case of our state (her state), that decay would likely be swift in coming, and potentially irreversible. What’s 2 percent of nothing? Another statistic without meaning.

Finally, show us the tax “increases” that hit overnight. Each TABORed non-cut, which persons of the Doug Bruce mentality consider a tax increase, is announced and subject to public hearings and, usually, a vote. Of course, Ms. Menten attends each and every budget hearing in Lakewood and Boulder, and of the Joint Budget Committee of the General Assembly.

Doesn’t she?

Measures 60, 61, and 101 are definitely not worth the risk. Not even to Ms. Menten, though she apparently does not know it.

Gregory Iwan/Longmont

San Lazaro populated mostly by Hispanics (Re: “Mobility impaired,” News, July 22.) My name is Alisa Feldman, and I would first like to commend you on your recent article about the park I live in, San Lazaro. I found that it addressed many of our residents’ issues.

I did however find it interesting that you stated, “It is a neighborhood that is see LETTERS Page 9

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Not Hell Fest after all

by Jefferson Dodge

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fter getting an earful from some liberal Longmont environmentalists last spring about the horror story that would unfold with the recent Heaven Fest event, it was with some trepidation that I headed over to Union Reservoir on Aug. 1, The Day After.

After all, my Feb. 11 story about the Christian music festival, which was held July 31 south of the reservoir, had outlined a variety of concerns about the event, ranging from traffic congestion to environmental impacts on plants and wildlife around the reservoir.

“They will have to put everything back to the condition they found it,” Longmont City Clerk Valeria Skitt had assured me at the time.

Naturally, I was skeptical. It’s my job.

I drove out there the next day to catalogue the destruction, to provide an inside peek at the decimation done by the Lord’s work.

Sure enough, I was stopped at one entrance by a volunteer security guard who directed me to a different entrance.

Typical, I thought. They are trying to hide the evidence from the press.

If there’s one thing that sharpens the resolve of a journalist, it’s being denied information, or turned away at the door. I vowed to redouble my efforts to infiltrate the property.

After making my way undetected through another entrance, I parked and hoofed it across a vast field to where

crews were breaking down tents and hauling off supplies.

I acted nonchalant, as if I belonged there, and made a beeline to the reservoir, the delicate ecosystem that had surely been trampled and trashed by an unruly crowd of more than 30,000 bible-beaters.

I walked over the ridge, half-expecting to see dead waterfowl floating in the lake and beaches covered in garbage.

But it was spotless.

I returned to the fields and noticed for the first time that there were dozens of adults and children spread across the meadows, armed with trash bags, carefully picking up every last piece of litter.

Sure, the vegetation on the fields was a bit trampled. And there were at least two rows of porta-potties set up right on the shoreline, their fumes and errant toilet paper a bit too close to the reservoir for my liking.

But overall, it looked like the organizers were doing a damn fine job of cleaning up after themselves.

So much for my juicy story.

I spoke with one of the organizers, Dave Powers, president of the Worship and the Word Movement.

He said that cleaning up around Union Reservoir had been their first priority that day, and that volunteers would probably be at the site for a week, fixing their mess. Some had stayed up all night, picking up the see HELL FEST Page 8

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“We’re just on this property until everything is perfect,” he said. “We’re meticulous.”

According to Powers, about 1,900 volunteers signed on to help with the event. Only two of the organizers are paid employees, he said. The group has an 1,100-page manual detailing every step of staging, “down to the number of pens on each table,” Powers told me.

The event was alcohol-free, which further changed my preconceived image of an unruly crowd filled to the gills with wine and bread.

Powers described some of the charities that will benefit from a portion of the event’s proceeds. One is called Love 146, an organization that battles human trafficking and child exploitation. While tagging along on an undercover sting operation in southeast Asia, he said, the group’s founders witnessed the brutality of the child sex trade firsthand: Young girls, aged 9 or 10, clothed in red dresses in a room, staring at children’s cartoons on televisions, a dazed look in their glassy eyes, waiting for the next rape of the dozens they

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endured every day. On the other side of glass windows, men would peruse the menu, a menu consisting not of names, not of humans, but of numbers assigned to each girl.

But one girl was unlike the others, Powers said. One gazed not at a television, but defiantly out the glass at her captors. She was probably new, she still had some fight in her, she hadn’t been broken yet. Her number was 146, hence the name of the organization.

Yes, the jury is still out on whether Heaven Fest really brought in the $700,000 in lodging and dining revenue that Longmont city officials had predicted. (A couple of thousand attendees camped on site, according to Powers.) And there could well be significant environmental impacts that I didn’t detect.

But overall, in a world in which we tend to stereotype and label the “other,” whether it’s putting “right-wing conservative Christians” or “left-wing environmental socialists” into neat little boxes, this was a reminder that there are many shades of gray.

And sometimes, gray is good.

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inhabited primarily by Caucasians, some Bosnians, and a growing number of Latinos.”

I found that statement to be false.

I’ve lived here for about two to three years, and I must say that this place is primarily inhabited by Hispanics, then some Bosnians and finally, a dwindling number of Caucasians. I don’t know why but that part of the article just bothered me because we put up with a lot of families sharing households and etc., which you do cover in the article, so I guess it seems like a contradiction to say that there are so many “illegals,” yet San Lazaro is primarily inhabited

by Caucasians. That just doesn’t seem to make sense to me.

However, I am so happy that you brought so many issues to light. I think it’s wonderful that people now know what it’s truly like in this neighborhood. There are many injustices, and I think you’ve helped to make us feel like we are finally being heard.

Alisa Feldman/Boulder

I’m glad I have a candidate to vote for who is on the people’s side, not the money side. This is fairly simple: 1. There is too much money in politics. The wealthy interests run Washington.

2. The only way to change it is to elect candidates who don’t take the money.

3. Andrew Romanoff is the only candidate in this race not taking the money.

One, two, three. This is important.

You may never have another chance to

vote for someone who doesn’t take big special interest contributions.

Ken Gordon/Boulder

Where’s all of the oil spill money?

In a highly publicized meeting with BP executives at the White House, the BushBama Administration announced a $20 billion dollar fund to fix the damage done by BP’s massive oil spill. How generous of them.

There’s just one problem. There is no such fund.

Details: brasschecktv.com/page/876. html.

Victor Forsythe/Boulder

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Romanoff for U.S. Senate Andrew does an ad that says he isn’t taking special interest money and that Michael is. Then Michael does an ad that says, “Andrew took PAC contributions when he was in the statehouse.”

Both statements are true. But the second one is not particularly relevant to your decision in the race.

One of these guys is going to be in the Senate (I don’t think highly of the Republican candidates). If Andrew is in the Senate, he won’t be beholden to special interests. No special interest will have helped him get there. He will just be grateful to us — the voters. If Michael wins, he will be beholden, because of the million dollars-plus he has gotten from interests like banks, oil companies, insurance and pharmaceuticals. Michael is trying to make it like virginity. You either are, or you aren’t. The truth is it’s functional. It is not about whether you once took PAC contributions. It is about whether the interests have their hooks in you now.

Another way to look at it is this.

Say you have an issue that is important to you. Let’s say it is public education.

You think we should pay teachers better, fix up schools and buy new books.

(Do they still use books?) Now say your elected representative doesn’t agree with you, and doesn’t vote the way you would like. So you ask him to go on a tour of schools. He meets teachers and students. At the end of the tour he says, “OK. I think you are right. I will vote for more resources for education.” And he does. Are you mad at him because he disagreed with you earlier or are you happy that he agrees with you now?

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lizabeth Freedman says the Emergency Family Assistance Association, where she is the director of programs, is a muchneeded safety net for area families or individuals in need. But recent cuts and a sharp increase in its caseload has her wondering just how much assistance EFFA will be able to provide in the future.

The program provides food, housing and financial assistance to lowincome people in Boulder and Broomfield Counties through donations from the public and funding from the counties and the state.

At a time when EFFA has seen a 28 percent increase in the number of families seeking help, the association’s budget was cut by $77,000, a significant amount for a service with an annual budget of $225,000.

“We never turn people away, but we’d be struggling to patch together assistance for families,” says Freedman.

“When they hold us flat or cut our funding, it’s significant.”

Help could be on the way if voters pass a ballot issue approved by the Boulder Board of County Commissioners last week aimed at filling in the gaps created by state funding cuts. County Issue 1A asks voters to approve a 0.9 mill (nine-tenths of one mill) ad valorem property tax increase for a term of five years to “backfill significant gaps in state funding for human services.” Using current property values for Boulder County, the mill levy increase would equate to about $7 per $100,000 in actual property value (e.g., $21 for a property valued at $300,000) and is expected to generate about $5.2 million per year for five years beginning in 2011, according to a county press release.

Cindy Domenico, chair of the Boulder Board of County Commissioners, says the board has no choice but to act.

“We are statutorily obligated to support that effort with a mill levy tax,” says Domenico. “But the state is also obligated to provide assistance. Over the years, the state hasn’t met that obligation.”

At the county level, Domenico says, the need is 40 percent greater than it was only 18 months ago. The overflow, she said, goes to “our community partners,” such as EFFA. Already the county has made deep cuts to make up for a $4.5 million deficit. Domenico says the county has cut staff and closed its Louisville health and human services office.

Barbara Halpin, public information officer for Boulder County, says $2.3 million of the revenue from the tax increase would be used for child care services.

“The emphasis is on kids,” says Halpin. “We’ve had to completely freeze [the county child care] program,” says Halpin. “There’s a waiting list of about 600 to 700 kids and it’s growing every day.”

Future state cuts, she says, will affect child protective services and child welfare services provided by the county.

Even if County Issue 1A passes, it would merely restore county services to the point they were before state cuts took place.

“It does nothing to deal with the increased case load,” says Halpin, adding that the recession has put more families in a position where they need help meeting basic needs, such as food and shelter.

Frank Alexander, director of the Boulder County Department of Housing and Human Services, says the county designed 1A to adjust to the downturn and recovery, ending when the need is gone.

The focus, he says, will be on lowcost intervention services.

“Front-end services cost less than the services needed when things get out of hand,” says Alexander. “We really believe in the ounce of prevention vs. the pound of cure theory.”

Domenico says she’s confident voters will see the need for 1A. “The people of Boulder County have always been interested in making sure human service needs are met,” says Domenico. “Even though it’s a difficult time to do something like this, if we don’t make the effort now the future looks even more bleak.”

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Pot perplexity We just don’t understand.

With the boom in medical marijuana dispensaries over the past year and cops generally looking the other way because of the legal haze surrounding them, pot in Boulder is arguably more plentiful and accessible than ever.

And yet CU was only ranked sixth this year on Princeton Review’s annual ratings of the top stoner schools in the country.

All we can guess is that those CU students who were surveyed for the guide were so blindingly baked that they were drooling on themselves and couldn’t comprehend the questions, much less their answers.

How else can you explain similar decreases in CU’s ranking for hard liquor and top party school?

Snack on something and sober up, people, you’re ruining our reputation.

Hick’s got it licked This just in. Democrat John Hickenlooper is going to be the next governor of Colorado.

Shocking news, we know.

A recent Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters found that former Congressman and the state’s most famous right-wing nut job, Tom Tancredo, did kill the Republicans’ chances of winning the state’s top post in November.

Tancredo, who announced on July 26 that he is stabbing the Republican Party in the back and running for governor under something called the American Constitution Party, has indeed peeled off a pretty good chunk of the state’s right-wingers and Teabaggers.

As if Scott McInnis needed another obstacle after his little plagiarism problem came to light.

According to the Rasmussen survey, Hickenlooper would garner 43 percent of the vote if he takes on McInnis, who would get 25 percent of the vote. Tancredo would attract 24 percent, inexplicably.

If Dan Maes is in the race instead of McInnis, the survey says, Hickenlooper would take 42 percent of the vote, compared to Maes’ 27 percent and Tancredo’s 24 percent.

Tancredo peels away one-third of the GOP vote no matter which Republican candidate he faces, Rasmussen reports.

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Calling all magicians Oh, you’re not going to want to miss this.

Especially if you’re one of those Lord of the Rings/Dungeons and Dragons dorks who dress up as an elf or a centaur for Halloween.

Did you hear that a real wizard is coming to Denver?

We wish we were kidding.

This guy by the name of Oberon Zell who looks like an old-school St. Nicholas will be speaking on “Real Magick for Personal Transformation” at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 at the Celebration Metaphysical Fair being held at the Denver Merchandise Mart. That spell-binding address will be followed by “Wizardry School: Restoring the Wonder” at the same time the next day.

Zell, whose name is followed by the title “Headmaster of the Grey School of Wizardry,” has even penned a couple of books, including Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard. (That first word is a term for a textbook of magic. Get with it, Frodo.)

But there’s more. Dubbing himself as “the real Albus Dumbledore,” Zell lives in (where else?) California with his wife, … wait for it … Morning Glory.

This online Grey School he founded has like 600 students enrolled and offers “more than 330 classes at seven levels in 16 departments of magical studies,” according to his press release, which was carried through our open window by a black raven.

After we made the invisible ink appear using vinegar, lemon juice and eye of newt, the press release said Zell has traveled the world “exploring unicorns, swimming with the creatures once thought [of ] as mermaids, and celebrating solar eclipses at ancient stone circles.”

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City council: No Xcel franchise Boulder city council members voted 6-2 on Aug. 3 to not put a renewed franchise agreement with energy provider Xcel on the November ballot.

By choosing not to pursue a new 20-year agreement with Xcel, city officials say they could have more flexibility in determining the city’s future energy structure. Options include municipalization, working Boulder Weekly

with outside providers or even a modified agreement with Xcel. In the meantime, Xcel will continue to provide power to Boulder and customers will not notice a difference in service.

While the city is deciding how to proceed, however, there remains a small issue of money. Under the current agreement, which expires at the end of the year, Xcel pays the city of Boulder approximately $4 million each year in franchise fees to use the city’s streets and rights-of-way. Xcel passes this cost on to customers as part of their monthly electric bills.

Once the franchise agreement expires, however, the city will no longer be able to collect that fee. With the franchise option off the ballot, the city now must come up with a way to make up that $4 million.

One option that will be considered at the next city council meeting on Aug. 17 is a five-year “replacement tax” on Xcel. Like the franchise fee the company currently pays, it is expected the cost of the new tax would be passed on to customers. As a result, there would be no change in customers’ rates or in the amount of money the city receives from Xcel.

Voters would have to approve this tax in November.

San Lazaro manager steps down San Lazaro trailer park manager Laura Hadaway, who was the subject of a July 22 Boulder Weekly story about disputes between residents and management in the trailer park, has resigned.

Joshua Winter of San Lazaro Park Properties sent a letter to residents of the trailer park on July 29 announcing the change in management. Hadaway “has decided to continue her work with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, along with possibly getting back into the legal profession,” Winter wrote in the letter. “We thank her for her tireless work and look forward to having her as a continued member of our community.”

Michael Moore, who had served as assistant manager at San Lazaro, was promoted to manager.

“Michael has assisted San Lazaro for quite some time now, and we are thrilled to have him accept the position,” Winter wrote.

Brancato back in the race Bob Brancato of Firestone, a

Republican candidate for Congress, has reinstated his campaign after a brief hiatus that was prompted by a Boulder Weekly inquiry.

Brancato, who is running against fellow Republican Stephen Bailey in the Aug. 10 primary, is aiming to unseat U.S. Rep. Jared Polis in the 2nd Congressional District.

Brancato suspended his campaign in late June after Boulder Weekly published an account of a domestic disturbance at his home last fall. No charges were filed, and Brancato and his wife disputed the account of the incident documented in a Firestone police report.

Brancato announced the reinstatement of his campaign on July 21.

Medical marijuana licensing begins The City of Boulder began processing licenses for medical marijuana businesses on Aug. 2. Under Chapter 6-14 of the Boulder Revised Code, any medical marijuana business not operating by that date will have to obtain a license before it will be allowed to open.

The code also requires pre-existing medical marijuana businesses to apply for a license, under the following deadlines and conditions: • Medical marijuana businesses that were operating before Aug. 2 but were not in compliance with Chapter 6-14 of the Boulder Code on June 17 have until Aug. 31 to submit a completed application for a license.

• Medical marijuana businesses that were operating on June 17 and were in compliance with all laws and regulations at that time have until Oct. 31 to apply for a license.

Under the code, medical marijuana business licenses are required for any business that involves medical marijuana, not just retail dispensaries.

The fee for a license is $5,000, of which $3,000 is non-refundable. The remaining $2,000 is refundable if the license is not issued.

Application forms are available for download at www.bouldercolorado.gov/medicalmarijuana. The same website includes detailed instructions, checklists and frequently asked questions. Questions can be e-mailed to medicalmarijuanaquestions@bouldercolorado.gov. Answers will be posted to the FAQ section of the website.

People can also sign up to receive updates by going to the site.

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Humana drops Boulder hospital A dispute over rates has prompted health insurance company Humana to no longer include Boulder Community Hospital as an in-network provider, effective Aug. 21.

Ross McLerran of Humana told Boulder Weekly the company notified its 4,200 affected members of the change in a letter last month.

BCH spokesperson Rich Sheehan said Humana asked the hospital to cut its rates by about 20 percent, which BCH simply could not do.

“We are continuing to negotiate with Humana and we are hoping to come to an accommodation that pleases both parties,” Sheehan said.

But McLerran said Humana officials are not optimistic that an agreement can be reached.

“Over the past 12 months of negotiation, Boulder Community Hospital failed to offer fair and reasonable rates comparable to that within the market,” he said. “Our research showed that Boulder Community Hospital charged Humana rates that are at least 23 percent higher than United HealthCare and Anthem health plans. We are not asking Boulder Community Hospital to match the lowest rate offered to other health plans, we are only asking them to get close to current market rates so that we can remain competitive.”

“As a nurse practitioner and now as a client/patient, I feel like a pawn in this massive and obscure ‘game,’” Humana member Lynda Monsey wrote in a letter to the insurance company. “When providers and hospitals seem to float in and out of these networks, it is the patients who suffer at the mercy of this chaos. …

Surely Humana has smart enough, sensible enough, and compassionate enough people to negotiate a workable contract so the people of Boulder can use their local hospital.”

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Should Pearl Street performer Ibash-I be deported for marijuana possession?

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• Yes. The danger is miniscule.

• Hell no! And breathe plutonium?

• Depends on further testing.

• Don’t care. I don’t recreate.

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Assault and child enticement Boulder police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying suspects in two incidents: an assault and an attempted child enticement.

The assault occurred at 1:57 a.m. on July 17, near the intersection of 11th and Pearl streets.

Police said the victim was walking with a group of friends when he made a comment or gesture toward a woman who was walking with two other women and four men. One of the men in the woman’s group took offense to the victim’s comments, and an argument ensued. During the argument, the victim was punched once in the face. He was knocked down and lost consciousness.

The suspect is described as a white male in his early 20s, between 5’ 10’’ and 6 feet tall, approximately 205 pounds with a “thick build.” He had dark hair and possibly brown eyes. He was wearing a black or white “Affliction” brand shirt, with black or white writing and skull designs. He also had on beige shorts. He was wearing a black flat-brimmed hat.

The attempted child enticement occurred at about 4:45 a.m. on July 28, in the area of Valmont and Airport roads.

Police said an adult male driving an older, small, green, four-door sedan contacted a 15-year-old boy who was riding his bicycle.

The driver asked the boy his age and his name and then offered to perform a sexual act. When the boy declined, the man offered to pay him. The boy declined again and the suspect drove away.

The suspect was described as 25 to 40 years old with dark skin. The boy described the man as being large, but not fat, with a “big, round head” that was balding. The driver had thick eyebrows, was clean-shaven and spoke with an unknown accent.

Composite sketches of both suspects are available online at www.boulder-police.com Anyone with information

about the crimes are asked to call 303-441-3330. Those who have information but wish to remain anonymous may contact the Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Those submitting tips through Crime Stoppers that lead to the arrest and filing of charges against a suspect may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.

Snug graffiti Boulder County sheriff ’s deputies were dispatched to Snug Harbor Apartments on July 26 on a report of graffiti being painted there regularly since October 2009.

The graffiti has been found in the carport area of the apartment complex and a picnic table in the rear park area.

Damage was estimated at $100.

Strange man, red sedan The Boulder County Sheriff ’s Office responded to some suspicious activity reported on July 28 at 6703 E. County Line Rd. The resident told deputies that, over the course of four months, a man in an older, red, four-door sedan has driven halfway up the resident’s driveway on two separate occasions, and has parked at the bottom of the driveway two other times.

Dog crime wave The sheriff ’s office received two reports of people being bitten by dogs in a two-day period.

One bite occurred on July 20 at 12645 S. Foothills Dr., and the other was reported on July 21 at 8187 Ouray Rd. Both dogs were current on their rabies vaccination, according to police reports.

Wayward welder Boulder County sheriff ’s deputies responded to a ground fire on July 21 at 11939 Sugarmill.

“The property owner accidentally set the fire welding a fence,” the report said.

No property damage resulted.

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Target targets freshmen The University of Colorado at Boulder freshman class will be treated to an exclusive Target after-hours shopping event as part of the university’s Welcome Week festivities.

On Tuesday, Aug. 17, students in the class of 2014 are invited to board a Target bus that takes them directly to the local Target store for a private instore shopping event. Students who are away from home for the first time can stock up on back-to-college items.

On-site activities during the event include: • Fun games, prizes, snacks, beverages • Mars, Procter & Gamble and Coca Cola sampling • Gift bags including coupons and other back-to-college essentials The event is exclusively for college freshmen at CU. CU: Rank sustainability uniformly The University of Colorado at Boulder has joined about two dozen other institutions of higher education in an open letter to publishers of campus sustainability rankings, providing guidelines for consistent, comparable and commensurate metrics to size up “green” colleges and universities.

The move comes in response to the growing popularity of sustainability report cards found in collegiate guides published by Peterson’s, Kaplan, The Princeton Review and others.

In addition to CU-Boulder, signatories to the letter include Columbia University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, New York University and Stanford.

“Sustainability rankings have prompted a productive dialogue between schools across the country, serving as a learning tool for administrators and students,” said Frank Bruno, vice chancellor for administration. “We want to expand on the informational benefit of these rankings by ensuring institutions have an even playing field to work with and thus can set and reach their goals as efficiently as possible.”

In the past year, CU was named the top “green” school in the nation by Sierra magazine and among the top 15 “green” schools by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

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using the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment Rating System, or STARS, which was developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Data from the self-reporting system will be released by CU-Boulder later this year.

For more information on the STARS system visit http://stars.aashe. org.

Study: State economy growing For the first time in three years, Colorado business leaders are predicting solid growth in the state economy, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released by the University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business.

The LBCI for the third quarter of 2010 posted a reading of 54.8, up from 51.7 last quarter. Five of the six index components recorded moderate gains and one remained flat. Business leaders surveyed remained cautious about the outlook for the national economy, according to Leeds School economist and Business Research Division Director Richard Wobbekind, who conducts the quarterly survey.

The Business Research Division surveyed more than 1,000 business leaders across all sectors in Colorado and received 268 responses, which is about the average for the quarterly survey, said Leeds researcher Brian Lewandowski, who compiles the survey results for the index. An index of 50 is neutral. An index greater than 50 indicates positive expectations, while an index of less than 50 indicates negative expectations.

“The greatest point of optimism is that business leaders expect increased investment in labor and capital for the third quarter,” Wobbekind said.

“Investment and employment are two important components that will help bring us out of the recession. Now that business leaders are expecting these to increase, we think that things are looking up in Colorado.”

Business leaders’ sales expectations for the third quarter were strong at 59.4, with more than 51 percent of respondents saying they expect sales to increase in the third quarter, while about 35 percent believe sales will stay about the same. Only 14.2 percent expect a decline for their third quarter sales prospects, Lewandowski said.

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L

eRoy Moore has always been opposed to the plan to open to the

any contaminant at any site, there are levels that below which there is no longer any concern to the public a wildlife refuge that sits on the former site of the Rocky health of humans. The land met those criteria before it became part of the refuge.”

Flats nuclear bomb plant near Golden. He says he’s never bought Spreng says the plutonium found near the Rocky Flats site almost certainly resulted from a windstorm the assertions of the Department of Energy and the that hit a storage area known as the 903 site. The high wind, he says, blew small amounts of material Environmental Protection Agency that the site, although dotted contaminated with plutonium off the Rocky Flats site and onto land directly to the east. He says it’s a with contamination by plutonium, is safe enough for people to recreate there. situation that the public health department, the EPA and the wildlife division are well aware of, and one Now he says “citizen sampling” near the site has confirmed his worst fear — that does not pose a threat to anyone.

But Moore is not convinced the site is safe, and that breathable dust containing plutonium is present near the site, on open less convinced it will stay at its current levels of contamination. With 18 species of burrowing animals space and in a home downwind of the plant. living on the site, Moore says the dangerous material that lurks below the surface won’t stay there forever.

“These creatures can go down to 16 feet,” says On Wednesday, the Rocky Mountain Peace and analysis looks at individual particles, not a large sam- Moore, adding that there was no limit placed on Justice Center held a news conference on the west ple at one time. how much contamination soil below six feet at the steps of the State Capitol to present the findings. On “The vast majority contain no plutonium and a site can contain. “Anything that’s below the surface hand were state Rep. Wes McKinley, D-Walsh, who few have quite a bit of plutonium and uranium,” says they bring up — including plutonium.” served as foreman of the grand jury that spent nearly Kaltofen. Uranium, unlike plutonium, does occur Moore is calling for periodic, permanent testing three years examining evidence of alleged environnaturally in small amounts, he adds. of soil and surface dust at the wildlife refuge and mental lawbreaking at Rocky Flats after the 1989 Kaltofen’s analysis showed plutonium in two surrounding areas.

FBI raid of the plant, as well as Sheri Kotowski, who spots, one in the crawlspace beneath a house built Spreng says such testing has already been done lives downwind of the Los Alamos National Lab in about a mile from Rocky Flats in 1960, the other on and will continue to be done. In addition, the site is New Mexico and is the lead investigator of the open space. regularly examined for burrowing animals which, Embudo Valley Monitoring Group.

“Finding plutonium at that offsite location sugwhen found, are removed. The area, he says, is then Moore says he spent two years requesting that gests it had to have been delivered there by wind, so tested again for contamination and properly cleaned some government agency sample breathable dust on it must be at other locations, both on and off the up if necessary.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service land near the former Rocky Flats site,” says Moore.

One man who remains unconvinced about the bomb factory.

Carl Spreng, a project manager with the safety of visitors to the site and surrounding areas is Moore says he urged Will Shafroth, a founding Colorado Department of Public Health and Rep. McKinley. director of the Colorado Conservation “This is a dangerous place,” says Trust and Great Outdoors Colorado Trust, McKinley. “You are exposing yourself to the now deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. risk of cancer by going out there.”

Department of the Interior’s fish, wildlife Opening the site to the public, he says, is and parks division, to do the kind of sama bad idea, no matter what remediation has pling that had been done at Rocky Flats. been done. He says there’s no way to be cer“It took him a long time to say no, but tain dangerous levels of plutonium aren’t he did say no,” says Moore. lurking at Rocky Flats, disturbed by animals He explains that the idea for citizens to or wind. collect samples and have them analyzed “I’m totally opposed to [opening the site came from McKinley. So the Rocky to the public],” says McKinley. “It’s the most Mountain Peace and Justice Center hired ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Why would Todd Margulies, who has experience colyou expose your children to that?” lecting samples relating to Rocky Flats.

Despite reassurances by Spreng and othOn April 14, Margulies and Moore colers that the remediation at Rocky Flats and lected dust samples from several areas east nearby areas has been thorough and that the LeRoy Moore of Rocky Flats, including the crawlspace of area will be safe for the public when it is a home, and sent them off to Marco finally opened, Moore and others say the Kaltofen, president of Boston Data Corporation and Environment, says he isn’t surprised by the findings. possibility of contamination slipping through the a radiation researcher at Worchester Polytechnic “There has been a lot of sampling in the past and cracks is too strong to ignore. He says a permanent Institute in Massachusetts. it’s well-known there is plutonium off-site,” says plan for analyzing surface dust on and around the Kaltofen, who donated his services for the projSpreng. “We’re well aware of those amounts. They site is the least the government could do to help mitect, says his analysis of the samples from around are well below any levels that are concerning. They igate the danger.

Rocky Flats was thorough. are not unsafe levels.”

“Plutonium is available at the site and there is a “We looked at it by two different methods,” says Spreng adds that the multi-billion dollar remedi- risk,” says Moore. “No one can say they will be Kaltofen, “a gamma spectrometry method and an ation of the site took all factors — including the exposed, but there is a risk.” x-ray method called scanning electron microscopy inhalation of dust and the ability of burrowing aniFor McKinley, quibbling about contamination energy dispersive x-ray analysis.” mals to reach deep strata of soil with far higher levels levels and how plutonium has been spread around is Both methods indicated there were trace of contamination — into consideration and factored pointless. It’s dangerous, he says, and that’s all that amounts of plutonium in the samples. that information into the decision to open the site to matters.

“Because we found plutonium by both methods the public.

“When you’ve got a rattlesnake sitting on your it makes the odds of a misidentification very, very “The Division of Wildlife would not accept the dining room table you don’t ask how it got there,” low,” he says. site if [plutonium levels were] too high,” saysnice says McKinley. “You just stay away from it.”

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limbing, hiking, biking, camping, scuba diving, surfing, fishing, kayaking — enjoying environmental recreation to the fullest often means there’s a lot of gear that goes with it.

And it’s the kind of gear that can wind up in landfills or incinerators when it’s made of stuff that isn’t biodegradable, or is a challenge to recycle.

So when outdoor enthusiasts get serious about recycling, that’s Denise Renee sews a messenger bag at Green Guru Gear. good, of course. But when they’re also entrepreneurs who turn normally unrecyclable gear into reclamation programs to convert things more outdoor enthusiasts can notoriously hard-to-recycle items. use — well, that’s a good that keeps For instance, the discarded inner on getting better. tubes from bikes, tractors and trucks Here are two local companies are turned into their line of Green recycling and manufacturing within Guru messenger bags, wallets, cell Boulder County, with products availphone holsters, dog collars and more able through area stores and online. items that not only look great but last darn near forever.

If you’ve ever wondered if neoGreen Guru Gear prene wetsuits can be recycled, the Boulder-based Ecologic Designs answer is yes, as can discarded synwas founded in 2005 by President/ CEO Davidson Lewis, an industrial thetic climbing rope, highway billdesigner and avid bicyclist who says boards and banners made from vinyl he’s been considering recycling chal— all converted into more kinds of lenges and their impact on the envicolorful and handy bags, bracelets, ronment for a long time. and other accessories.

“Since I was a teenager working And if your company has a bunch in a bike shop,” Lewis says. “Just kept of things it used — or is considering using — for a convention, sales prothinking there had to be something motion or entertainment event, that could be done with all those Ecologic Designs can help make sure busted bicycle tubes.” those items don’t wind up trashing That kind of thinking inspired a the environment, too. company that today has a number of

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www.greengurugear.com 303-258-1611 GoLite Avid mountain backpackers and wedded partners Demetri and Kim Coupounas were frustrated with the kind of equipment and clothing on the market, which they considered way too much for comfortable efficiency.

They founded the Boulder company GoLite in 1988 with a focus on light, fast, durable products made of recycled materials, such as backpacks with 100 percent recycled Tier 1 nylon.

GoLite also makes tents, travel wear, performance apparel and “Sleep Systems,” sleeping bags designed to not weigh folks down on the trail.

Other items double in purpose, such as rain ponchos that can be used as tarps.

All are made out of recycled or “environmentally preferred” materials.

There is advice on the website to help customers make the best of their purchases. Buyers can also ship old GoLite purchases to the company’s “Give Back” program, to be donated or recycled for some new purpose. www.golite.com/main/home.aspx 888-546-5483 Know of a Boulder County business or organization that’s making a difference in something environmental, sustainable, organic, etc.? Tell us about it by sending an e-mail to editorial@boulderweekly.com, with Boulderganic in the subject line.

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Thursday, August 5 The Green Team Presents. 6:30 p.m. Center for Resource Conservation, 2639 Spruce St, Boulder, 303-999-3820.

Lafayette Farmers’ Market. 4-8 p.m. Festival Plaza, Public Road and Chester Street, Lafayette, 303-6655588.

Friday, August 6 AIA Denver: Committee on the Environment. 11:30 a.m. University of Denver Architecture Building, 1250 14th St., Denver, 303-447-0901.

Saturday, August 7 Boulder Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. 13th Street between Arapahoe Avenue and Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, 303-910-2236.

Longmont Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Rd., Longmont, 303-910-2236.

Louisville Farmers’ Market. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Steinbaugh Pavilion, 824 Front St., Boulder, 303-902-2451.

Tuesday, August 10 BGBG Residential Brown Bag Series: Water Reuse Opportunities and Obstacles. 11 a.m. REI Community Room, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-447-0901.

Mountain Lions In The West: Natural History, Conservation & Co-Existence. 7 p.m. Boulder REI, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-4928308.

Wednesday, August 11 Boulder Farmers’ Market. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. 13th Street between Arapahoe Avenue and Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, 303-910-2236.

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Can’t-miss events for the upcoming week

Exit Through the Gift Shop screens at the Boulder Theater on Tuesday.

Thursday, Aug. 5

Chuchito Valdes Afro-Cuban Ensemble — Try a bite of Chuchito’s high-energy musical mash. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Friday, Aug. 6

Open House at The Dandelion — Food, drinks, prizes and more. 8-11 p.m. The Dandelion, 845 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-459-4676

Saturday, Aug. 7

Fort Collins DJ to illuminate Red Rocks

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by P.J. Nutting

t might be a shame that Pretty Lights hasn’t enjoyed the same self-congratulatory media coverage given to fellow Colorado acts (cough, 3Oh!3, ahem) with a vapid “Look, they’re from Colorado!” type of praise. It would only be a shame if producer Derek Smith ever needed a single bit of it.

To say the very least, the hard-working beat-smith, since 2006, has defined for many CU students what it means to make hip electronic music. College campuses were the first to catch on to Pretty Lights’ brand of upbeat, new-school electro-funk after he sprung on the scene.

Electronic downloads of 2008’s Filling Up the City Skies then surpassed his debut by 10,000 copies in the first month. Two years later, Pretty Lights had no problem selling out five Colorado venues on consecutive nights. Today, those who catch him at festivals like Coachella, SXSW and Ultra are discovering how Smith drew his first hometown fans to backyard barbeques in Fort Collins: his clear, uncompromising vision of style and sound.

“In order to get the best music out of yourself, it’s a matter of not letting yourself get into [a self-doubting]

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frame of mind,” Smith tells Boulder Weekly, “always trusting that when you’re able to manifest your vision, it will be as dope as you want it to be.

“It’s a constant sort of race to catch and conquer what you can imagine. You sit back and wonder, ‘What’s music gonna sound like in five years? What’s my next record gonna sound like, or the one after that?’ I want to make that record now!” Smith says with a laugh. “You’re always striving to catch up with what you can imagine.”

With the increasing influence of light displays and new technology, Pretty Lights is a very suitable name. Smith’s imagination sends the music riding with sophistication over a funky electro shake that’s peppered with glitchedout rhymes and a slew of bass for your face. Strangely, it isn’t really dance music — but it certainly makes you move.

When you see Smith on stage, manipulating sound into an electric cityscape that breathes, sighs, burns and hums, and when you witness the crowds that radiate catharsis almost as visible as heat off of asphalt, it’s hard to hear it as anything other than party music.

On tour, Smith is never without a live drummer, and at see PRETTY LIGHTS Page 22

Frequent Flyers Productions: Aerial Dance Festival 2010 Performance Showcase — There’s a certain type of beauty that can only be achieved by flying through the air to song. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Sunday, Aug. 8

Planetary Healing and Harmony Teleclass — Learn what the planets can do for you. Also, learn what the planets haven’t been doing for you. Lazy planets. 8 a.m. For more information, call 720-301-3993.

Monday, Aug. 9

“So, You’re a Poet” — Open mic poetry. Bring your beret and practice up on your snapping. 8 p.m.

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

Tuesday, Aug. 10

Exit Through the Gift Shop — The best thing about this film is that you’re never sure whether it’s a real documentary or if it’s an elaborate practical joke/piece of art. 8 p.m.

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

Wednesday, Aug. 11

Upslope Brewing — Take a tour, taste some beer, tip the bartender.

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

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Red Rocks he will share the stage with the highly accomplished Adam Deitch, who has drummed for acts like The Game, Justin Timberlake, Fats Domino and The John Scofield Band as well as listed producer credits with 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli and KRS-One. But Smith’s constant companion is his collection of vinyl records. Even though he’s not a “DJ” DJ, he explains, records are fuel keeping the fire burning.

“That music is too dope to only exist in 1975,” he says in a startlingly stern tone. He explains the stupefying feeling of learning that DJ Shadow could create entire atmospheres by only using vinyl samples (and close to a dozen turntables).

“I can hear that music, but I’m not capable of creating it,” Smith thought when DJ Shadow first “blew him away,” leading the budding musician to adopt a similar technique with MIDI controllers.

In the meantime, he became a serious vinyl enthusiast. He spent the summer before Taking Up Your Precious Time traveling across Europe with a friend and a battery-powered record player, digging through obscure record stores and his friend’s family’s collection of Polish funk.

In the same way that DJ Shadow innovated hip-hop with instrumental “sample collages,” Smith creates a sonic foundation with a mixer of small pieces and builds his

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glowing cityscape from there. for Smith to use 20, 50, 80 years later.

Depression-era jazz and ’70s soul are No matter when they were first created, the most frequent genres found in Pretty they sound like they live in the present.

Lights’ extensive catalog, but Smith says Smith artistically owns each sample he the trend has to do with his preference uses, adding them seamlessly to his for the timbre of those respective eras’ trademark bounce and incendiary synth recording technology. lines. Pretty Lights is an embodiment of “It’s because that’s the sound I want that old saying, that good artists borrow in the music,” Smith says. “It’s not while great artists steal. because there’s no other way to do it, it’s It is easy to criticize sample-based not like I can’t pick music. However, up the guitar and Smith tells us his On the Bill: Pretty Lights play Red Rocks play the melody next step is a bold Amphitheater on Saturday, myself. What I have one. He wants to Aug. 7. Doors at 6 p.m. access to is not going create a studio MiMOSA, Emancipator and Zion-I open. Tickets are $35. to create the same with the same 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., sound, the warmth equipment used to Morrison, 720-865-2494. and feeling that the record his favorite samples are giving tracks. the music.”

“24-track, 2-inch analog tape multiSampling isn’t exactly a musical short- recorder, pre-1980s vocal preamps, single cut, either. It’s not painless to sit through press record press,” Smith says as he an entire Aaron Neville album with the mentally goes through his shopping list. hope of finding the five seconds that will As soon as he can, Smith wants to move become the haunting introduction to away from other artists’ work altogether, “Hot Like Sauce.” It’s easy to get impa“to actually record and create that sound tient and skip a few tracks on a record — in the studio.” He plans to invite guest it’s like finding a needle in a haystack musicians to lay down potential samples, with another needle. treating recording sessions “like a record However, Smith’s greatest strength is producer, like a Quincy Jones or a Rick his ability to make the sample vanish Rubin type of thing … then record it to back into his own music. Pretty Lights analog tape, then take the freshest part, reanimates the disembodied sounds of press those to vinyl and then sample it the past as if they were recorded solely from the records I’ve created.”

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It’s an ambitious direction, but Smith doesn’t hide from a challenge. Pretty Lights has released every album for free online and accomplished everything without any royalties from albums. Its an expression of sharing music rather than peddling it, and it worked entirely in Smith’s favor. Pretty Lights is also releasing a three-EP set across 2010, giving each a release date before any material was ready. The second EP, Spilling Over Every Side, was barely finished during an allnighter before its release date last week, but fans are responding and anxious to get new music more than once a year.

But would creating an all-analog studio be asking too much?

“The problem [with vinyl pressing] is you can’t do that with just a laptop and a pair of headphones when you’re in an airport,” Smith says. “I’m going to have to readapt, change how the touring and production works, move away from producing and touring simultaneously.”

There’s only one person who knows what’s best for Pretty Lights, and that man is Derek Smith. As long as he focuses on that upper ideal, everyone will benefit. In the approximate words of Bruce Lee, “It is like a finger pointing away to the pretty lights. Don’t concentrate on the finger or you will miss all the heavenly glory.”

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Through blurred vision, Grace Potter sees success

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ontrary to what you may have seen or heard recently, not everything is going smoothly for Grace Potter & The Nocturnals these days.

“One thing I would redo if I could is I wouldn’t have put so much bronzer on my legs for Jimmy Kimmel last night,” Potter confesses.

“They made my legs look all greasy and shiny.”

The laughter that follows is somewhere between mortified and embarrassed, but considering how things have been going for Potter since the release of her band’s self-titled third album in June, this is not a misstep that will require years of therapy to get over. The album debuted at No. 19 on Billboard’s Top 200 and has received praise from the likes of Rolling Stone and O Magazine, and in addition to Jimmy Kimmel Live, the band has also performed on The Tonight Show. That is definitely not a bad way to spend a summer, and Potter knows how fortunate she is to be doing what she is doing.

“It’s a dream come true,” she says. “Ben & Jerry’s has a bumper sticker that says, ‘If it’s not fun, why do it?’ So if you have this thing that’s fun and real and honest, and it’s your job? And if you have people who love you and support you in that and follow you around because of that? That’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

And it is an opportunity she is taking full advantage of, as she and the band have fun exploring a host of sounds and new directions on the new album, never staying married to one genre or idea for very long.

Equal parts rock, blues, pop, soul, R&B, Americana and country, with a lyrical spirit that is independent and reckless one moment, reflective and tempered the next, the album manages to be sonically and creatively diverse without sounding like a schizophrenic mess.

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“I started this album with four core songs: ‘Paris (Ooh La La),’ ‘Medicine,’ ‘Goodbye Kiss’ and ‘Colors,’ and a lot of what we did was try to build the personality of the album around the arc of genres that you hear,” Potter says. “Those four songs are all very different, but they create imagery and they create a texture.

And if I can make an album where those two things tie together, then that’s magic. The challenge then is to find a way to fit it all together naturally without it sounding forced.”

Potter and her bandmates — including new bassist Catherine Potter and new rhythm guitarist Benny Yurco — gladly accepted this challenge as they headed into the studio to record.

“Every musician looks for that,” Grace Potter says.

“Every musician likes to show lots of different sides to

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themselves. I think even as a lyricist this album gave me a lot of opportunities to really stretch out in a lot of different directions while still being cohesive. Plus, with the different sounds on the album, we found that the less time you spend focusing on it, the more likely it is to come to the surface anyway.”

The pop-rock first single “Tiny Light” has garnered the band some attention on the airwaves, and a video for the provocative “Paris (Ooh La La)” has a message that is about as subtle as a brick through a window, but it is the mostly piano-driven “Colors” that actually stands out most on this album.

“I knew that song needed to be on the record. I think that ‘Colors’ is a song that actually has a lot to do with the other songs on the album. It’s about love and living in the moment and the freedom of spirit that comes from living in the moment. And you know, even though it’s a different kind of love song, that’s what it is — a love song.”

Songs like “Colors” show that while music is something Potter is grateful for because of what success can bring (“It’s a great way to do what I love and make a life for myself ”), it also has a much deeper level of importance to her.

“I was born legally blind, and so music is sort of the way I see. It is my sixth sense because one of my five senses isn’t very strong!”

And how does she see the band’s songs?

“I like to think of our songs as music that winds up on someone else’s mix tape and they try to tell someone how they feel through our music. I don’t like to tell people what some songs are supposed to be about because it’s going to matter more how they respond to it rather than where it came from.”

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hen Bill Frisell plays the Unity this Saturday, as a benefit for KGNU, he will be accompanied by only his guitar. Hardly an unheard-of gig for the storied guitarist/composer, but something he admits is still a bit of a challenge.

He is, after all, one of the instrument’s greatest conversationalists, a quiet virtuoso of deft touch and uncommon ear, fluent in a dialect based in jazz but inflected with roots of Americana, blues, rag and folk.

We caught up with the guitarist last week and asked if the absence of that conversation with other players, a hallmark of his near 30-year recording career, makes the solo gig a lonely crusade.

“It’s just … a completely different situation for me,” Frisell admits. “I do thrive on having a conversation. … You put something out there, and then something comes back. And it just starts something that gets rolling and you find yourself lost in it.

“But when you’re alone, you put an idea out there … and then you’re, ‘Well, now what are you going to do?’ Nothing comes back. So, it’s a really different energy that happens. It can be really great to just go off and do whatever I want. I mean, I feel like I can do that in a group too, but when you’re alone, and you just go off and it’s working … it can be just fantastic.”

The Unity gig is a one-off for Frisell, who is gearing up for a tour with his latest trio — including violist Eyvind Kang and drummer Rudy Royston, two players with whom Frisell has had an episodic history for many years, but with whom he has never really solidified a sustained trio — supporting the release of his first recording for Savoy Jazz, Beautiful Dreamers, due out at the end of August. The title, of course, is borrowed from the Stephen Foster lullaby, a tune the trio covers on the CD with tender homage.

Even for a player like Frisell, who regularly digs deep into Americana for his evocative, small ensemble reinterpretations, Foster presents something of a challenge. While indisputably one of the flagstone figures of American song, his association with minstrelsy and

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his Civil War era orientation on race make him a problematic figure in contemporary analysis, especially in jazz music, which struggled so long under the bruising boot of Jim Crow.

“Yeah … I’m still sort of struggling with him,” Frisell says. “Like, what does it all mean? A lot of his songs I can’t really … I mean, the words get just messed up. I mean, there’s a lot of horrible stuff in there. … I guess, all I can say is that I avoid the songs that come across like that.

“As far as I’m concerned, I’m not sure. I’ve played a few of those songs just because the melodies and the music is so beautiful. Those, more than anything, go all the way back to songs I can remember. I grew up in the ’50s in the middle of America, and you just heard them … like hearing my mother humming those songs while vacuuming the house. It’s just part of all of us.”

The title track, “Beautiful Dreamer,” is a dedication to an old friend of Frisell’s, Karle Seydel, Denver’s “urban gadfly” who was a community organizer and

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major figure in the development of Denver’s lower downtown and Coors Field, and who passed away at his home a couple of months ago.

“I met Karle when I was about 12 years old, and he was probably the first guy I played guitar with,” Frisell says. “He had an electric guitar before I had one. I used to go to his house all the time, and on weekends we’d go downtown to Larimer Street and hang out at all the pawn shops and look at the guitars. And he loved Larimer Street, way back before Larimer Square and all that, back when it was like Skid Row. “He was just a really good friend and one of the really important people who encouraged me early on. He came to all my gigs whenever I came to Denver. And a couple of months ago, he just kind of … went away.”

Another dedication on the CD, “Better Than a Machine,” goes out to singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt, who passed away last Christmas Day. It is a curious piece, a Frisell original, a hypnotic slow build on a repeated riff that gives way to a broad and generous chorus, rock-like in its posture, almost an REM-meetsTalking Heads type of thing. It is, paradoxically, both exceptionally un-Frisell in demeanor, and one of the CD’s foundations.

We asked about it and he laughed.

“I’m not even sure what it has to do with,” he says.

“The day that he died, it was kind of a weird day. I was in Europe and writing music, and because of the time difference, we were getting all these conflicting reports. Getting rumors and facts, we didn’t know what was happening. I mean, it was horrible … and it wasn’t until 7 in the morning the next day that we knew he was gone.

“But that day I was just sitting there writing music, and this is one of the pieces that came out. It’s sort of a strange tune because it doesn’t sound like a lot of things I do, and it doesn’t sound like anything I’d associate with him.

“And he was a friend of mine. I was so lucky to get to play with him a bunch of times.”

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Heaven Fest 2010

Putting the rock in ‘Rock of Ages’

by Gene Ira Katz

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athering some 35,000 people from a half dozen Western states on a huge tract of land in Longmont and presenting 70 of the best contemporary Christian musical acts on seven stages, Heaven Fest 2010 seemed to offer many of the same features you’d find in just about any mega-concert — tons of great sounds, food vendors, T-shirts, band merch, crafts, a kid zone, sponsor tents, even a structure for skateboarders. But unlike most other large-scale music festivals, Heaven Fest happened not just to provide excellent music so that you could have a great time, maybe dance your ass off, and help make the promoters a pile of cheddar. Heaven Fest springs from a different mindset, based on ardent prayer, evangelical Christianity, and an expansive vision.

The ambience and sensibility of the festivities infused the 90-degree heat next to Union Reservoir with the overarching message that this was also about prayer and worship and the Word. While the sound styles ranged from pop to punk to rap to folk to fulltilt head-banging metal, each song by each artist upheld and commented on some aspect of a Christian lifestyle and the Gospels.

Unlike many of the giant music festivals I’ve been to in the past, the H’fest concertgoers, while enthusiastic and generous with applause and cheers, were more physically subdued. Not a lot of boogying down with wild moves and shaking-that-thang. Instead, there were a lot of hands in the air, waving or reaching, or palms upturned. Just as many sat in folding chairs or on blankets, maybe too crushed by the heat

to move.

Another huge difference: no alcoholic beverages allowed on the premises. Without the alcohol buzz that so often marks big concert events, Heaven Fest seemed less frenzied and more easy-going. The Longmont police reported no major incidents of any kind — no arrests, no illegal substances showing up, no trouble at all — definitely a rarity for a public event of this size. But then, this was different kind of crowd, there not just to party.

Dave Powers and his wife Tara, representing a newer generation of Christian ministry, are prime drivers in creating Heaven Fest these past three years.

“We try to hang out with Jesus a lot, ’cause we like him, and one of the things we felt is that he kind of tapped us on the shoulder [and said] ‘I just want you to give me an event that I’d be interested in coming to,’” Dave Powers says. “That idea kind of blew out

my brains … and forced me to wonder what kind of event Jesus actually would be interested in coming to. And that kind of has been our quest and our goal.”

Festival attendees represented a multitude of denominations, as well as widely diverse ethnicities and generations.

Powers notes how a vast family of Christians has come together over these past three years of festivals, leading to greater networking and connections and supportive partnering for important social programs, such as rescuing children enslaved in the sex trade, or helping to dig wells in remote parts of the world.

Of the $70,000 Heaven Fest took in last year, more than $50,000 was spent on programs for orphans and homeless people.

“Instead of trying to make a bunch of money from this,” Powers says, “we’re trying to give a bunch of money off of this.”

Another big difference between H’Fest and other such events: the grand finale. After a long day of phenomenal music, instead of some huge jam session with members from all different bands playing together, there was a three-hour interactive prayer session involving songs, group drumming, scripture readings and more taking place on various stages and in numerous tents around the festival grounds ’til past midnight.

“We want to see Jesus worshipped all the time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year,” says Powers, seeing this super concert as a platform for making that happen. “If it ever seems that God’s not in [Heaven Fest] anymore, then we’re dropping it like a bad habit, man. We’re out.”

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Thurs, sepT 16, 6:00pm & 8:30pm windstopper & the north Face present

5th annual

reel roCk film tour lubriphonic & world Premier springdale Quartet Fri sepT 17, 8:00pm • 21+ w/special guest

wed, aug 25, 8:30pm colorado daily & Kgnu present

raKim

colorado daily & daily camera present

leon russell

sAT, sepT 18, 6:30pm & 9:00pm • 21+ helly hansen presents

perForming ‘paid in Full” in it’s entirety the reminders, 3 the hardway

msP’s “the way i see it”

colorado daily presents

Fri oCT 1, 8:00pm • 18+

thurs, aug 26, 8:30pm

j-Flash

air dubai, mr. Francois

Fri, aug 27, 8:30pm

jim lauderdale electric august 28..................................................................................the budos band september 9............................................................................. charlie hunter september 10.....................................................................................,.................... !!! september 16.................................................................................................. zion i september 17....................................................................the beautiFul girls september 18................................................................................... rogue wave september 19............................... alberta cross & dead conFederate september 21...................................................................................... menomena september 28.............................................................................. local natives

kuVo & westword present

les nubians sAT oCT 2, 7:00pm Ch. 93.3 & ColorAdo dAily presenT

blue oCtober Tues oCT 26, 6:30pm kunc & npr presents

daVid sedaris august 13................................................celeBrating the return august 28........................................................caBaret for a cause octoBer 26...................................................................................dr. dog octoBer 31................................................................................ hot rize noveMBer 4............................................................................BoB saget

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Thursday, August 5

music Chuchito Valdes Afro-Cuban Ensemble.

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

Convergence, To Set A Flame. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

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

Joao Junquiera. 7 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Josh Blackburn. 9:45 p.m. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., Boulder, 720-974-9490.

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

Live Jazz with George Nelson. 6:30 p.m.

Carelli’s Italian Restaurant, 645 30th St., Boulder, 303-938-9300.

Mike Zito Band. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322.

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

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

Rhythm on the Rails Concert Series — With She Groovez. 6:45 p.m. Whistlestop Station, First Avenue and Murray Street, Niwot, http:// www.niwot.com/events/.

Ray Smith & Carrie Minor. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Romano Paoletti Open Stage. 8-10 p.m.

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

Sandstone Summer Concert Series — With Romano Paoletti Band. 6:30 p.m. Sandstone Park, Lyons, 303-823-6622.

events Argentine Tango. 7 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, www.tangocolorado.org.

Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe

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Ray Smith & Carrie Minor

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

Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

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

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

Cager Classic Alumni Basketball Game. 7 p.m. Fairview High School, 1515 Greenbriar Blvd., Boulder, 303-324-4872.

Community Blood Drive. 8-9:40 a.m. & 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Bonfils’ Mobile Bus, 1805 33rd St., Boulder, 303-441-3322.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Gindi Cafe Gay Night. Every Thursday night.

Gindi Cafe, 3601 Araphoe Ave., Boulder, 720242-8961.

Healing Meditation with Alan McAllister.

7-8:30 p.m., Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Ste. 307, Boulder, 303-545-5562.

Intermediate to Advanced Flamenco

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

Sister City Dedication and Celebration — To celebrate Boulder’s new sister city Kisumu, Kenya. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Municipal Building, 1942 N. Broadway, Boulder, 720-3637269.

Friday, August 6

music 12th Annual Crestone Music Festival.

Challenger Golf Course, 68037 County Road T, Crestone, 719-256-4533. Through Aug. 8.

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

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

The Claire Lynch Band. 8 p.m. Daniels Hall, Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-7771003.

Doug Yager Jazz Trio. 7 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Friday Afternoon Club Concert Series — With Ricardo Peña Band. Benefits Clinica Family Health Services and Outreach United Resource Center. 5:30 p.m. 1345 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3850.

The Gamits. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

Gridley Esteemer, Driving Karma, Disaffected, SPiVEY. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Jababa. 9:45 p.m. Baker St. Pub & Grill, 1729 28th St., Boulder, 720-974-9490.

Jackson Browne with David Lindley. 8 p.m.

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Jessie Torrisi and the Please, Please Me. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Johnny O Band. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Louisville Downtown Street Faire — With Marcia Ball. 6:30 p.m. Front and Spruce Streets in Historic Downtown Louisville, 303-665-3355.

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

Nautical Mile. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

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

Shawn Phillips. 8 p.m. Tuft Theatre, Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

Tempa and the Tantrums. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Widow’s Bane. 10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

events Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

12-8 p.m. Avery Brewing Co., 5757 Arapahoe

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Boulder/Denver Area BioLounge — Rotating exhibit of art and science.

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

Energy Effects: Art and Artifacts From the Landscape of Glorious Excess — Various artists.

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

Through Sept. 13.

Exposure: Photos from the Vault — Various artists.

Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720865-5000. Through Oct. 31.

Face to Face. Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 29.

Humor & Pathos — Artwork by Gary Sweeney.

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Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 5.

Leanin’ Tree Museum of Western Art — Various artists. 6055 Longbow Dr., Boulder, 303-530-1442.

Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir.

Arvada Center for the Arts, 901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Aug. 29.

Mi Frontera Es Su Frontera — Artwork by Tony Ortega. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Sept. 5.

NCAR Community Art Program Gallery I — Tapestry by Elaine Nixon. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through July 31.

NCAR Community Art Program Gallery II — Paintings by Roger Mordhorst. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through Sept. 25.

Shape and Spirit: The Lutz Bamboo Collection.

Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720865-5000. Through Sept. 19.

Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 9.

A Visual Alphabet: Herbert Bayer’s Anthology Paintings. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Dec. 31.

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Friday, July 30 W. Joseph Campbell’s Getting It Wrong. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303322-7727.

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Daniel Grandbois’ The Hermaphrodite (An Hallucinated Memoir). 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303322-7727.

David Herlihy’s The Lost Cyclist. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St.,

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SAVINGS

Ave., Unit B1, Boulder, www.averybrewing.com.

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

Frequent Flyers Productions: Aerial Dance Festival 2010 Performance Showcase. 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Fairview Friends Foundation Golf Tournament — Fundraiser for Fairview Friends Foundation. 11 a.m. Colorado National Golf Club, 2700 Vista Pkwy., Erie, 303-324-4872.

Open House at The Dandelion — Food, drinks, prizes and more. 8-11 p.m. The Dandelion, 845 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-459-4676.

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

Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 12-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Upslope Brewing Co.Tap Room and Tours.

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

Saturday, August 7

music 2010 National Songwriters Showcase. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Boulder Farmers’ Market, 1900 13th St., Boulder, 303-910-2236.

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

Akash Mittal Jazz Trio. 7 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Alan Baird Project. 8 p.m . Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

Ave Celest Band. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

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

Bobby Walker Band. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Christobel and the Jons. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

An Evening With Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St.,

Monday, August 9 Open Mic Poetry — “So You’re a Poet.” The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-4628.

Jennifer Jordan’s The Last Man on the Mountain. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Tuesday, August 10 Rocky Mountain Land Series with Jerome A. Greene: Beyond Bear’s Paw. 7:30 p.m. Tattered Cover Bookstore, 1628 16th St., Denver, 303-436-1070.

Traci Jones’ Finding My Place. 7 p.m.

Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-322-7727.

Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Hafla — with Yallah! 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

KC Grooves. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Lynn Cassell. 6:30 p.m. Gindi Cafe, 3601 Araphoe Ave., Boulder, 720-242-8961.

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

Mojo Mama. 2 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

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

Pretty Lights — with MiMOSA, Emancipator & Zion-I. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Pretty Lights. 11 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Reed Foehl. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Selasee. 10 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Twenty Ninth Street LIVE! With Kahuna Beach Party. 6 p.m. 1710 29th St., Boulder, 303444-0722.

Zivanai Masango with Pachedu. 10 p.m.

Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

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

Avery Tap Room — For tours and tastings.

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

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

Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. O Dance Studio, 1501 Lee Hill Rd., #4, Boulder, 303-415-1877.

Boulder Farmers’ Market. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

13th Street between Arapahoe Avenue and Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, 303-910-2236.

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Digital Photography Workflow Introduction. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276.

Humane Society of Boulder Valley Mobile Pet Cruiser. 6 p.m.Twenty Ninth Street Mall, 1710 29th St., Boulder, 303-4424030.

Idanha Films Presents Goddess Night — Benefit for the Tribe All film project. 7 p.m. The Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver, 303-294-9258.

LaMont Does Outdoor Pool. 12-6 p.m.

500 S. Boulder Rd., Lafayette, 303-665-0469.

Open every day through Aug. 22.

TEDxBoulder. 4 p.m. Colorado Chautauqua Association, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303442-3282.

447-9772.

Family Hospice Foundation’s 2nd Annual Memorial Butterfly Release. Mountain View Memorial Park, 3016 Kalmia Ave., Boulder, 303-440-0205.

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

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

Planetary Healing and Harmony

Teleclass — Teachings and meditation. 8 a.m.

For more information, call 720-301-3993.

Sunday Afternoon Tea — Live traditional Japanese music with tea and traditional tea snacks. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Ku Cha House of Tea, 2015 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3612.

Monday, August 9

music

By All Means. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

Crystal Castles. 7 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.

Electric Blues Jam. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues

Sunday, August 8

music Billy Sprague and The Indelibles. 7:30 p.m.

Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

The Blackwood Legacy. 7 p.m. Harvest Baptist Church, 7493 Old Mill Rd., Boulder, 866-8551036.

Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 12-3 p.m.

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

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

Chris Isaak. 8 p.m. Colorado Chautauqua Association, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-4423282.

George Nelson. 6 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Irish Session. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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

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

Mello Cello Sunday Brunch. 11 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Open Mic — Hosted by Hotfoot. 2:30 p.m.

Avery Brewing Co., 5763 Arapahoe Ave., Unit E, Boulder, 303-440-4324.

Thomas Dow, Sharaya Mikael, Amy Schmidt. 8:15 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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

events

27th Annual Exotic Sports Car Show & Concours D’elegance — Benefits United Cerebral Palsy Colorado. Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santé Fe Dr., Littleton, 303-226-5521.

Beginning Hawaiian Hula Class. 5:30-6:15 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303447-9772.

Casablanca. 8:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Continuing Hawaiian Hula Class. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-

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

Jay Ryan’s Big Top — Open stage. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.

Jazz Jam with Brad Goode. 7 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4470475.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 5 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

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

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

Tori Sparks. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108.

events 9th Annual Boulder Concert Band Performance and Ice Cream Social — Celebrating Frasier Meadows Retirement Community’s 50th anniversary. Frasier Meadows, 350 Ponca Place, Boulder, 720-5624322.

Author Series: Lisa Jones and Laura Pritchett. 7 p.m. Colorado Chautauqua Association, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303442-3282.

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

Citizenship Class. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-4413100.

Getting Started with Adobe Premiere Pro. 6-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range

St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Magical Mexican Mondays — With live magic by Erica Sodos. Juanita’s Mexican Food, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-5273.

Opening the Space of the Heart — with senior meditation instructor Ellen Mains. 7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190.

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

Tuesday, Agust 10

music The Atomic Pablo Jazz/Vibes Project. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Bluegrass Pick and Open Stage. 8 p.m.

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

Blues Jam with Delta Sonics. 7:30 p.m.

Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

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

Fire Saint. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Jazz Night with Supercollider. 8:30 p.m.

The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder.

303-440-4628.

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

Soul Rider. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Stone Temple Pilots with Cage the Elephant. 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-8652494.

Student Showcase — With Stellar Atlas & Bassline. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

The Temper Trap. 8 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.

Teresa Storch and Friends. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685.

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

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

Exit Through the Gift Shop. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50 p.m.

Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com.

Photoshop: Image Adjustments for Photographers. 6-9 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Salsa Night — Lessons and open dance. 7 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

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Bands on the Bricks 2010 — With That Eighties Band. 7 p.m. 1300 Block of Pearl Street, Boulder, www.boulderdowntown.com.

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

Dueling Duos — With Cari Minor & Ray Smith, Nancy Cook & Chris Engleman. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. 8 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874.

Gwenyth and Monko. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

Jami Lunde and Blue Star. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685.

Kamikaze Karaoke Gong Show. 9 p.m.

Juanita’s Mexican Food, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-5273.

Lea Holz. 7 p.m. The Blending Cellar, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

Nekromantix. 8 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

Reggae Wednesday — With Livin’s Easy / Arden Park Roots. 10 p.m. Boulder Draft House, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-440-5858.

Robert Randolph and the Family Band.

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

Shady Grove Picnic Series — With Shalom Feivel & Rocky Mountain Jewgrass. 6:30 p.m.

Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest St., Denver, 303-777-1003.

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

Friday, August 6

Saturday, August 7

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

Pajamarama Storytime. 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble. Crossroads Commons, 2915 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-1665.

Preschool Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720685-5200.

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

Just Write — Creative writing for middle and high school students. 2:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Sunday, August 8 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m.

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

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

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

Monday, August 9 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

events Chautauqua Silent Film Series — Grandma’s Boy. 7:30 p.m. Colorado Chautauqua Association, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-4423282.

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

Film on the Rocks — Across the Universe 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Pkwy., Morrison, 720-865-2494.

Healing Space — With Alan McAllister. 12-2 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Boulder, 303-545-5562.

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

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

Vajrayana Buddhist Meditation. 7 p.m.

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

Kids’ Calendar Thursday, August 5 Drop-in Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720685-5200.

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

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

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University Theatre, CU campus, 303492-0554. Through Aug. 8.

Frequent Flyers Association: Aerial Dance Festival 2010 Performance Showcase. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826. Aug. 6-8.

King Lear. Presented by Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Mary Rippon Theatre, CU campus, 303-492-0554.

Through Aug. 8.

Measure for Measure. Presented by Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

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reviews Queens of the Stone Age reissue landmark album

by David Accomazzo Rated R put Queens of the Stone Age on the rock map as a force to be reckoned with in 2000. Led by singer-guitarist-songwriter Josh Homme and bassist Nick Oliveri, both of influential stoner-metal band Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age went on to produce some of the most original rock of the 2000s, and now, after the departure of Oliveri and a slew of other lineup changes, which at one point included bringing in Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl for an album and tour, the band has reissued Rated R as a two-CD deluxe edition.

In addition to the original album, the release includes a second disc containing six B-sides and nine live tracks from the band’s performance at the 2000 Reading Festival. The B-sides were first released on “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret” and “Feel Good Hit Of The Summer” singles, and the Reading Festival tracks have been on the web for awhile. So the content isn’t necessarily new, at least not to QOTSA fanatics who have spent some hours on YouTube during the past couple years. But this is the first time those 15 tracks have been collected in one place, and it’s a fine supplement, but not an essential addition, to the collection of any serious fan.

If anything, listening to the two discs makes you miss Oliveri’s enraged musical counterpoint to Homme’s sultry crooning, especially since Oliveri shares a songwriting credit with Homme on many of Rated R’s tracks. Oliveri played bass and occasionally sang lead on QOTSA’s first three CDs, and once Homme kicked him out in 2004 (based on rumors that Oliveri allegedly beat his girlfriend), QOTSA’s sound shifted dramatically. And while Homme has continued making great music — 2005’s Lullabies to Paralyze is excellent, and 2007’s Era Vulgaris is almost as good — the new music lacked the screaming intensity Oliveri brought to the table. Oliveri charts like “Auto Pilot” and “Quick And To The Pointless” brought a refreshing simplicity to the meticulously produced soundscapes of Homme’s songs on Rated R, and you could reasonably argue that Oliveri’s presence and contributions in both Kyuss and QOTSA helped shape the sound Homme continued making for the two subsequent, Oliveri-less albums.

The B-sides “Ode To Clarissa” and “You’re So Vague” drive home that point. They’re more metal, more punk than anything Homme produced after Oliveri’s departure. (Don’t underestimate the latter just because it parodies “You’re So Vain.”) He is an irreplaceable musical force, and even though Oliveri told UK’s The Skinny in 2006 that he would consider rejoining QOTSA, there’s no reason to think that is going to happen anytime soon. For now, it looks like the work of the Homme-Oliveri songwriting team is to remain in the past.

But enough reminiscing. The B-side “Born To Hula” is great, intricate Homme riff-rock. The other B-sides are fun if you’ve never heard them.

The live songs are good listens, just not as interesting as watching the band’s performances on the 2005 live DVD Over the Years and Through the Woods. The packaging is red and white as opposed to the original’s blue and white. The book is cleverly and artistically designed. Hardcore fans will really appreciate this reissue, but the casual fan can safely skip it. It’s not even QOTSA’s best CD (that honor goes to 2002’s Songs For The Deaf), but it is, perhaps, their most important one.

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Erection of the brain

by Dr. Jenni Skyler

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ovies are given an R rating if there is sexual content. This usually means two nearly naked actors attempt a genital connection with fervent stroking, groping and moaning. But we forget that sex is more than just genital contact and more than just a physiological response.

Sex is 95 percent psychological.

Granted, there is a very valuable aspect to the physiological underpinnings of sex. Our sexological forefathers, Masters and Johnson, developed the initial human sexual response model. The stages are akin to walking up a set of stairs. Stair one, the body gets excited and blood flow moves to the genitals.

Stair two, the body assumes a “sex flush” whereby it reaches a plateau of increased heart rate, breathing, blood pressure and muscular tension. Stair three, the body has an orgasm noted by a rapid release of genital contractions. Stair four, the body finds resolution and returns to its original homeostasis, pre-excitement.

Masters and Johnson made no mention of the mind … until our foremother, Helen Singer-Kaplan, introduced the concept of “desire.” Singer-Kaplan maintained that before our bodies can get physically aroused, our brains must be booted up.

Fortunately, our society jumped on this streetcar called desire, but unfortunately we also initiated an alleged hypoactive desire disorder. When one person thinks about sex less than the other, they are labeled “low desire.” Big Pharm tried to fix this problem with a little pink pill, hoping that if they activated certain neurotransmitters in the brain, we might think about sex more often. But even if I think about sex all the time (and I do, considering my profession), it doesn’t mean I want to have sex all the time.

Even if I rarely think about sex, it doesn’t mean I don’t fully enjoy it when in the act. I don’t ruminate about rocky road ice cream all day, but when I eat this tantalizing treat, my taste buds feel alive and, dare I say, orgasmic.

While desire is certainly essential to our human sexual response, rather than approaching sex via a goal-oriented, stair-step model, we can approach sex as a circular process. David Reed’s model of the sexual response starts with seduction, followed by sensation, then surrender and, finally, reflection. Seduction is when the brain invites the body to have sex.

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Sensation is the stimulation of the senses.

Surrender is letting go into experiencing orgasmic potential. And reflection is an examination of the whole sexual encounter. If the encounter was positive, then the process begs to be repeated and we cycle back to the seduction phase.

But we often forget seduction, especially in long-term relationships. The monogamy starts to feel monotonous, and people go outside their relationship looking for the thrill of seduction.

The challenge becomes keeping seduction alive. I can help the process by seducing myself with a warm bubble bath by candlelight, a glass of blueberry pinot noir and Marvin Gaye crooning “Let’s Get it On” in the background. My partner can seduce me by arranging a spontaneous trip to Aspen to bike amidst the wildflowers and watch the sun set over the Maroon Bells. In either instance, my brain is relaxed and receptive to pleasure and the potential for sexual activity. Add some chocolate-covered strawberries to the seduction, and my mind is fully erect and lubricated!

Seduction is vital to any relationship.

Take my relationship with the Rocky Mountains. I am seduced by her raw, wild beauty. Therefore, I am more inclined to develop an intimate connection. I want to hike, bike and explore all her intricate paths. In turn, I want to take care of her by leaving no trace and picking up trash on the trails. Though we develop a reciprocal relationship, my intimacy with the mountains is dependent on her ability to seduce me into approaching in the first place.

Sexual relationships are no different.

However, we may need to get creative when seducing the person that lives under the same roof. Maybe you leave the kids with grandma and go for a moonlight hike up Sanitas. Maybe you surprise your honey at work with a lunchtime Pad Thai picnic in the park.

Or maybe you text a series of salacious messages about your plans for a date night that evening.

Whatever your preferred approach, make sure it smells of seduction. So go ahead and seduce your sweetie pie. Once the brain is wet and erect, the rest more easily follows suit.

Jenni Skyler, PhD, is a sex therapist and board-certified sexologist. She runs The Intimacy Institute in Boulder, www.theintimacyinstitute.org.

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Thursday, July 29 Moive Night: El Capitan (1968) 8 p.m.

Neptune Mountaineering, 633 S. Broadway, Ste. A, Boulder, 303-499-8866.

Nepal Through a Lens. 7 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970.

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Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., # B-C, Boulder, 303-875-2241.

Sunday, August 1 Boulder Road Runners Sunday Group Run. 9 a.m. Meet at First National Bank, 3033 Iris Ave., Boulder, www.boulderroadrunners.org.

Monday, August 2 Ladies Bike Mechanics 101. 5:30-6:30 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720-565-6019.

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Tuesday, August 3 Tuesday Hiking. 9 a.m. North Boulder Park, 7th and Bellwood streets, Boulder, 303-494-9735.

Youth “Earn-a-Bike” Program. 5:307:30 p.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Boulder, 720-565-6019.

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got dropped like a bad transmission, but thank the fat-tired deities I didn’t get beat by the guy on the damn unicycle.

Having survived the BC Bike Race (BCBR) in British Columbia and lived to tell enough tales that hometown riding buddies are threatening restraining orders on any further reminiscing, I can say for sure that fat-tired wise, forevermore there is BC BCBR, and AD BCBR. Imagine a mobile summer camp 500-plus strong of mountain bikers riding seven straight days of epics. In Colorado it would be the equivalent of riding in Breck Day rp.boulder.weekly.climb.pdf 1, Aspen Day 2, Crested Butte Day 3, etc.

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mileage of 40 miles a day and 5,000 vertical feet of climbing, mad technical, with a cast and crew that included Olympians Geoff Kabush and Catherine Pendrel, World X-Terra champion Melanie McQuaid, a cheery whitehaired retired schoolteacher named Mary born in 1947 (two years younger than my mom!), a diabetic participant who stopped to check blood sugar along the way, and a dad and 15-year-old son doing major bonding. All were inspiring.

Except the dude on the damn unicycle, that was just very wrong.

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

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bilities of having fun on wheel(s). Chris has ridden the Great Wall of China, a 6,000meter peak in Bolivia (meters, y’all!), and appeared in multiple Banff Film Fest flicks. He also owns a unicycle company — um, surprise — and was rocking a two-speed internal hub. Remember, when you’re freewheeling downhill, homeboy is always still pedaling.

Surviving the BCBR in any way was bodacious, but the giant banana seat on Chris’ cycle must have had a cutaway for some extra large cojones. Unreal.

This event is billed as the ultimate singletrack experience, and it’s no lie. In fact, it’s a massive understatement. The 12-inch-wide trail mileage feels endless, with every possible delectable variety of singletrack smorgasbord conceivable on tap. You want blazing alpine descents?

You got it. You want rolling, rooted, low-speed techy-ness with bridges and berms amongst old growth giants straight out of Lord of Rings? Check.

You want to try your tough guy/girl luck on luge-like courses with table top jumps and banked corners that tattooed bros in full face helmet slice and dice?

Yup. You want to motor through babybutt-smooth, shoulder-width tunnels off green vegetation all by your lonesome with only bear scat on the trail to suggest any living companionship?

Check. How about 10 miles straight of off-camber, freshly skinned white roots embedded in a spongy two inches of lime green moss? Or a three-mile edgeof-the-nose-of-the-seat granny gear climb after 30-plus miles and four hours of cranking? Or … (insert any variety of known riding here, because they have it). Capice? I defy anybody in Boulder County to ride this event and express a desire for even a “wafer-thin mint” more of singletrack. Check the M. Python reference; it is spot-on.

Luckily for you, all you have to do

is show up and ride your spandex-clad ass off. BCBR has everything else covered. You want gorgeous ferry crossing coordinated and booked for 500 people?

They did that. How about a couple dozen school buses chartered and shuttling you to the ideal drop off spot?

Affirmative. Tents set up, breakfast and dinner catered, hot shower trucks waiting, bike washes erected, lovely masseuses on site, coffee and burrito trucks waiting, and beer gardens at the ready.

Done, done and done well. A note on the beer, in relation to the intensity of the riding — a confession on my part, and warning, sensitive or younger readers, look away — I managed to drink a pathetic three apres beers in a week on the course, that’s how rugged it was.

I’m not proud. The campground was morgue quiet by 9 p.m. most nights, that’s how shelled folks were.

Not only is the event superbly organized, but at every turn you are greeted with smiling volunteers. In 300 miles of riding, I got lost only once. The flagging and marking is that good, and directionally, I’m no walking GPS. Once again, BCBR frees you to focus on your number one job — turning the cranks. And it doesn’t hurt that they love you up with roughly $500 worth of branded swag, including a jersey, rolling Dakine bag and the coveted belt buckle.

Mountain biking mojo, karma and pride are alive and real in Canada. The

course designers actually told us the logging companies lend them machinery to construct trails on their land. Trail-building is high art in Canada, and I guarantee you have never seen pride or expertise in the discipline that is on display up North. We were warmly cheered by thousands, and memories like pedaling by a middle school and being highfived by several hundred jubilant 10-years-olds jumping up and down chokes a brother up as he types.

Finally, I must also give a shout out to the onsite mechanics from Obsession Bikes — huge gracias. This shop was in charge of servicing roughly $2 million bucks worth of rolling thunder, and nobody missed a day because of a mechanical. Imagine that. The owner, James, stood up at the initial Day 0 briefing and said, “We have 12 mechanics that work all night, we can get 12 more, and we will have you ready to race.” Not only that, but if you, say, snapped a handlebar on the course (which I saw, crunch), they would motor in a replacement, or if your freewheel gave out mid-day, they would have a replacement wheelset waiting at the aid station. I wish I could get this rock-star treatment trailside everyday.

Find some room in your life to do this event. BC BCBR, I aspired to know how deep I could go in the woods on my bike mentally, physically and soulfully. AD BCBR I know.

BCBikeRace.com is the website for all info, including deals on early entry for July 2011, and plenty of videos to visually tell the story. If you have some question about the distance and intensity of the event, consider doing the Challenge course instead of the Epic course, which offers more human routes and still loads of singletrack.

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gear guide Protect your iPhone from the elements

by Emilie Le Beau

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usic lovers have always paid dearly for the newest technology. In 1980, the Sony Walkman was introduced for $200. Two years later, Sony released a $2,200 CD player that improved sound quality but at a dear price — albums cost as much as $45 each.

MP3 players such as iPods can do much more for users than the 1982 CD player. But the cost is still high — the new iPhone 4 with 32GB is about $300.

Expensive equipment can make owners feel protective. Gadget owners who want to bring their pricy phones or music players to the mountains can protect items from water damage with specialty cases.

The Grace Digital Audio Eco Extreme is a waterproof speaker case that fits many devices, including the iPhone 4. It is meant to withstand being dropped. It also floats and is water- and dirt-resistant.

To play music, users plug in the audio jack and close the case shut. There is also an internal storage compartment to hold keys, credit cards or cell phones.

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niversity of Colorado students — and even members of the public — are in for a culinary treat this fall with the Aug. 17 opening of the new Center for Community building on campus.

Not only will the $84 million facility feature an abundance of student services, but students, employees and visitors will be able to enjoy a fresh fusion of community and cultural dining experiences.

Located in the southwest area of campus next to Regent Hall, the Center for Community (C4C) is easily accessible from Regent Drive for cars and bikes alike. No tuition revenue or state funds were used to pay for the building; it was funded through private donations and bonds issued by the housing and dining services department and parking services (it has an underground parking garage).

Unlike any other campus dining center, the Campus for Community facility will feature interactive cuisine stations in the form of eight micro-themed, culturally enriched restaurants.

Director of Dining Services Amy Beckstrom says concepts of the dining center were developed after discussions with its primary customers, the students.

She says trend surveys indicate that cultural foods are a popular component of on-campus dining centers. “We knew in designing a dining center that focuses on foods from different cultures that our customers will not only be happy, but we also hope to teach them about the different cuisines from around the world,” Beckstrom says.

In addition to Italian Cibo, Latin Comida, Asian

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Shi Pin, Persian ghaz, Sushi, Smoke ’n’ Grill, Kosher and Black Coats cuisine stations, eaters can also choose from the Wholesome Field salad bar, a variety of fresh baked treats, CU on the Run — a grab-n-go venue for those who need something fast and fresh — and The Hub, a late-night dining station for those with a post-party appetite.

Beckstrom says the Latin, Asian and Italian stations have always been popular with students and were therefore an easy decision and addition to the Center for Community dining center.

“The venues that are new to our university dining offerings are Sushi and a Persian venue,” she says.

“These venues will offer foods that generally are never available in a university dining center, and we are excited to bring these new concepts to the Center for Community.”

Executive Chef Kerry Paterson says the Persian station will feature traditional kabobs of chicken, fish, beef, veggies and even lamb meatballs served on long skewers that resemble swords.

He adds that each station will feature regional variety. For example, the Asian station will not just feature Chinese food, but will include Korean and Thai foods, and the Latin station will not just offer Mexican food, but Caribbean items, in addition to a burrito bar with tortillas made on site. The Italian station is equipped with a stone pizza oven and will offer homemade pasta.

Paterson describes the Smoke ’n’ Grill as a combination of comfort foods and barbecue. In addition to macaroni and cheese, potatoes, hot dogs and hamburgers, this station will serve ribs and other barbecue items from an in-house smoker.

“My culinary staff is excited to get into this new building,” he says.

Beckstrom says every food station also will have items for the significant population of vegans and vegetarians at CU and in Boulder.

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or me, a visit to a Chinese vines, stir-fried at our request with plenty restaurant is either an exercise of garlic. These were about as good as it in frustration or dewy-eyed gets when it comes to cooked greens, with nostalgia. I either feel that the subtle flavor and perfect al dente consischefs are butchering the tency. A lot can go wrong with this dish, favored dishes of my youth, or they should ranging from a bitter taste to a disconcertimmediately be canonized for their uncaningly fibrous texture, but you wouldn’t ny ability to reproduce the standouts of know it from this version. long-ago family dinners. More than a year Newport happily accommodated my ago, I wrote about Broomfield’s Heaven special request for $8.95 tomato beef Star, lauding it as the best place to enjoy chow mein with pan-fried noodles. For dim sum in Colorado. It also was notable most Chinese-Americans, tomato beef for having the menu closest to those of my chow mein occupies the same psychic San Francisco Bay-area childhood. space madeleines did for Proust in It’s now known as Newport, and is Remembrance of Things Past. The stickler under new management. Without getting could argue the sauce on Newport’s verinto too much detail, there was some sion was too thick. However, that didn’t unpleasantness involving the DEA and the lessen our enjoyment of the hot and illegal cultivation of controlled substances. crunchy noodles playing off sweet tomato Hence the name change, and a considerand achingly tender slices of flank steak. able amount of concern that quality and Newport’s convincing execution of these the menu would suffer under new manflavors and textures took me back, if only agement. Visiting for dinner with friends here’s a variety of Chinese noodles at Newport, including lo for a moment.

Tertia and Eric and their young daughter, mein and chow mein. But what’s the difference between Continuing the noodle theme, we relAddie, I noticed that dim sum is still avail- these varieties? The distinctions between lo and chow mein are ished a platter of lobster over yee mein, able. Happily, the menu appears much the ambiguous, as both use similar thin noodles. The differences are rice-based pasta resembling thick fettucsame, featuring old chestnuts like salt fish in preparation in that in lo mein, the noodles are stirred in the cine. Consisting of a whole lobster, cut fried rice. wok with the accompanying meat and vegetables, while into chunks, shells and all, this entrée hit We ordered four entrees for three chow mein noodles are prepared separately and topped with all the right notes. The crustacean was adults, and Eric joked we were getting the other ingredients just before serving. Chow mein is also fresh with a delicate savor and the nooenough for a dozen people. I shot him a served crispy, although there is also a soft steamed version. My dles possessed a satisfying heft. Telling look that was pure Jet Li from Lethal family never ordered lo mein; we always ate chow mein.

Addie she needed to finish her lobster Weapon IV — ordering in a Chinese resmade me feel we’d be first against the taurant is no laughing matter. Our selecwall come the revolution, although I’d tions weren’t tourist fare, save for the cheese wontons marinated with soy and five-spice, making for a darkraise the defense that this selection only cost $15.95. and egg drop soup to accommodate young Addie’s er bird than usual. The skin tended more towards Based on the evidence of this dish and the tomato palate. soggy than crisp, and the flesh lacked the moist supbeef, as well as the pea vines, Newport has emerged Half a roast duck at $7.50 is a good deal, but this pleness of the best examples. triumphant. was the weakest course in the meal. It was heavily Much more successful was a $12.95 portion of pea Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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The four-course dinner, which includes wine pairings, will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 18, and costs $55 per person.

The aim of the dinner, according to General Manager Matthew Feldman, is to capture the dining experience of Liguria and allow guests to understand how wines and foods from particular regions pair together.

Each course is presented by Chef Alexander Feldman, and wine is poured and presented at the table for each course.

Alba has also partnered with the liquor store Bottles to provide guests the opportunity to purchase the wines at a discounted price.

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Guests can enjoy food and beverages from some of Colorado’s finest local breweries and restaurants, relax in the

cigar lounge and peruse The Wildlife Experience’s galleries and exhibits.

The event also includes live music by Flock of Beagles.

Participating breweries include Wynkoop Brewing Co., Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Co., Dry Dock Brewing Co., Avery Brewing Co., Great Divide Brewing Co. and Full Sail Brewing Co. Participating restaurants include Pasquini’s Lone Tree, Melting Pot, Abo’s Pizza and Noodles & Company. More than 50 vendors in all will be on hand to sample their products at the festival. Art & Ale is sponsored in part by Go Toyota and Namaste Solar.

Tickets are $35 per person for Wildlife Experience members, $45 per person for non-members and $80 for non-member couples. The $139 package includes a night at Courtyard Marriott, shuttle service, two Art & Ale tickets, breakfast, late checkout and more.

For more information, call 720488-3300, or visit thewildlifeexperience.org. The Wildlife Experience, located at 10035 S. Peoria St. in Parker, is a nonprofit museum that works to connect visitors with wildlife and natural habitats.

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es,” Beckstrom says. “This salad bar will provide organic and local produce as much as possible.” She says the salad bar will feature an area called “A9 Free,” which means it doesn’t have any of the nine major food allergens.

“We do this as a response to a growing student population that has food allergies,” she says.

One prominent addition to the campus dining scene is the Black Coats station, which will feature a display cooking platform showcasing the university’s culinary talent.

“Our students love the Food Network and love to watch our chefs prepare food in front of them,” Beckstrom says. “This station is where our award-winning chefs, as well as some guest chefs, will prepare some delicious cuisine, while engaging our students in cooking techniques or ways to prepare healthy foods.

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come to this building and, for example, go get their Buff One Card, see someone in career services, stop by and see the vice chancellor for student affairs and then meet their friends downstairs for a cup of coffee. Up until now, they would have had to go to three different buildings to accomplish this.”

The Kittredge dining center will close with the launch of the Center for Community, which seats 900 diners.

“We have visited the campuses of the best university dining programs in the country and strived to discover what we can do to elevate our program to a new level,” Beckstrom says. “Over and over, our research revealed that customer preference, as well as the campus’s growing international community, provided us with the perfect platform to create a cultural dining experience with quality foods carefully prepared by highly trained chefs.”

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hey say true love is hard to find, but I must say I have never met a chocolate I didn’t truly love.

I would never say I wouldn’t snag up a Hershey bar every now and then, just because a chocolate snob might be mortified, but I must admit, I do like good, quality chocolate. I’m talking about the kind you purchase (and not cheaply, mind you) and just savor every little piece, like you were on death row and this was your last meal.

This is what Chocolove is for me.

I’m so happy they are a Boulderbased company, because it’s nice to keep all my Dessert Diva moola in the community. Any and all of their bars just send me straight to my happy place.

Now that I have divulged my sweet desires, let’s find out the treat for this week. Flourless Chocolate Cake with Zesty Orange Whippd Cream. You’re not shocked it is chocolate-based, are you? This dessert is inherently gluten-free, so that’s a bonus, and chocolate is touted as being good for your body and soul, so I say Kumbaya, my friends, Kumbaya.

I love the combo of orange and chocolate, so the orange zest and juice in the whipped cream is going to set this dessert on fire when dolloped on top. I was told that dolloping sounds very un-lady-like (this is the stuff people worry about), so perhaps you want to ever-so-gently spoon the fluffy whipped cream on top of your delicious little slice of cake.

As for me, I will be dolloping away on my huge slice, alternating with a nice dark beer and a piece of Chocolove’s orange peel and dark chocolate bar. They have mini-bars — yippee — that’s about as lady-like as I get when it comes to my chocolate. That doesn’t paint a pretty picture, does it now? I sip the beer and eat the chocolate like a dainty little princess.

OK, I chug the beer and almost swallow the chocolate whole. That’s just how I roll. Doesn’t mean I can’t make a lady-like dessert such as this lovely flourless cake.

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Flourless Chocolate Cake with Zesty Orange Whipped Cream 1/2 cup unsalted butter 2 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. almond extract 6 eggs 1/4 tsp. salt powdered sugar for dusting Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lightly grease a 9-inch springform pan and line bottom with parchment paper.

In medium saucepan over low heat, slowly melt the butter and chocolate. Add in brown sugar and almond extract, stir until smooth. Set aside.

In large bowl, beat the eggs and salt until light and fluffy. Eggs should look light yellow in color.

Fold chocolate mixture into egg mixture and stir until well-combined.

Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Take out and set on cooling rack. When ready to serve, release spring form, and place on serving platter. Cut into slices. Top with zesty orange whipped cream and dust with powdered sugar.

Zesty Orange Whipped Cream 1 1/2 cups whipping cream zest from one orange juice squeezed from 1/2 cut orange Beat until soft peaks form. Enjoy!

You can watch the Dessert Diva every Monday at 8:35 a.m. on Channel 2. To contact Danette at the station, visit 2thedeuce.com, and click on Daybreak on the Deuce. To chat and/or send comments and suggestions, write to jdromega@aol.com.

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achi Sushi is an honest-to-goodness sushi bar nestled within the Niwot Market. This isn’t a place for prepackaged, preservativeladen hand rolls prepared elsewhere. This is a place where the raw fish is sliced on demand, and the hot items are cooked to order. The reasonably priced menu here features sushi, traditional donburi rice bowls, curries and a handful of fish and meat entrees. Menu highlights include the grilled mackerel dinner, an elegantly simple choice, and the chirashi, a filling assortment of sashimi topping a bowl of sushi rice.

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ormerly housed on Main Street, Longmont’s Pinocchio’s offers comforting Italian in an elegant setting that belies the reasonable prices. Start with a pepperoni roll, a calzone-like concoction of cured meat and melted cheese.

Follow it up with a classic pasta dish such as the homemade lasagna, and call it a day with the homemade Kentucky bourbon pie. For weekend breakfast, try one of the unique eggs Benedicts, including the signature version made with shrimp.

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According to founder Phil Armstrong, the aim of this operation is to spotlight up-andcoming chefs in a non-restaurant setting.

Hush’s first foray into the Boulder area (previous engagements were in and around Denver) took place at Colorado’s Best Beef farm, with a meal prepared by Tim Payne of Longmont’s Terroir. The menu featured such items as smoked tomato gazpacho and portbraised short ribs over a potato cake stuffed with smoked brisket. Hush intends to stage more Boulder events, and one can get on 48 August 5, 2010

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Boulder Organic Pizzeria

oulder Organic Pizzeria is a new, downtown establishment devoted to featuring organic and local ingredients, simply presented. This space also offers gluten-free and vegan options at no additional cost. Menu items include salads and appetizers and, of course, pizza, available whole and by the slice. Top choices include a refreshing salad of baby arugula topped with real crab and drizzled with a unique dressing of olive oil and lemon. The pizzas here feature such top-shelf ingredients as a truly sensual mozzarella, locally sourced Hazel Dell mushrooms and silky prosciutto.

and lunch — it closes at 3 p.m. Specialties include a perfect quartet of carne asada steak tacos, a variety of breakfast burritos and generously portioned tostadas.

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he Mediterranean Restaurant is the proverbial old reliable of Boulder eateries. Its voluminous assortment of Southern European pastas, sandwiches, tapas, salads and main plates means that anyone’s dietary restrictions or plain old pickiness can be ably accommodated. Highlights include tapas items like bacon-wrapped dates, grilled selections such as a highly flavorful hanger steak and classic desserts such as crème brulee and panna cotta.

Sun Deli, Pizza & Liquor 2299 Pearl St., Boulder 303-938-1128, 303-938-1078

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hile the Sun Deli still retains its selection of hot and cold sandwiches, pizzas, cheese steaks and other items that delight the carnivore, it’s also making great strides in broadening its menu for the meatless diner. This eatery draws upon a substantial palette of meatless ingredients to create vegan and glutenfree pizzas, as well as strombolis stuffed with herbivorous sausage and pepperoni.

Parmesan sandwiches are also available in meatless versions, with the faux chicken interpretation being a particularly delicious and filling selection.

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he menu here is a blend of traditional pub grub and breakfasts as well as more contemporary sandwiches and small plates.

Entrées top out at $11.99 and include such UK stalwarts as fish and chips, corned beef and cabbage, and pot pies. Sandwiches include standard-issue clubs and Reubens, while the Euro small plates offer sophisticated tastes of seared tuna, roasted piquillo peppers and an exquisite Thai shrimp skewer.

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easonably priced and tasty, Boulder’s Half Fast Subs’ sandwiches are a cut or two above chain-store offerings. There’s an abundance of meatless selections (tempeh cheese steak anyone?) as well as unique items like a shrimp po’ boy sandwich. Deli staples such as Italian-style subs and classic BLTs are also offered here, as are beverages such as hurricanes and Long Island iced teas.

La Choza 3365 Diagonal Hwy., Boulder 720-296-5107

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arelli’s of Boulder successfully straddles the line between mom-and-pop and high-end Italian by offering a menu that won’t frighten off the old-school cuisine fan, while offering a swanky, contemporary setting. The menu will warm the heart of the traditionalist craving a bowl of minestrone, followed by a main course such as cacciatore, calzone, pizza or a parmesan sandwich.

Highlights include seafood risotto and fettuccine carbonara. Sandwiches, pastas and pizzas are also available gluten-free.

Mateo 1837 Pearl St., Boulder 303-443-7766

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hile it offers an impressive dinner menu with such classics as steak frites and spring lamb ragout, Mateo also offers a terrific bar menu with discounted items served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Standouts on that menu include the cheese platter, featuring domestic and European selections, including a first-rate Italian goat’s milk blue. The moules, steamed mussels in a wonderfully balanced broth, melds licoricelike pastis with herbs and tomato.

Modmarket 1600 28th St., Boulder 720-663-9440

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he retro-modern Modmarket has fresh and healthy takes on salad, flatbread pizza and soup. Vegan and vegetarian choices are present here, including a savory vegan pie with dairy-free cheese. The butternut squash soup is gluten-free and vegan, with appealing flavor no matter what your dietary preferences are.

Salads like the Asian-influenced Mongolian can be enhanced with tri-tip steak or chicken, and the Pom pizza marries a zesty pomegranate and balsamic vinegar glaze with chicken.

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inner for Schmucks is a remake for schlemiels, or at least easy marks when it comes to formulaic Hollywood comedy. But the film’s peculiar sluggishness and nagging hypocrisy probably won’t get in the way of its popularity.

It has a lot of funny people going for it. The most valuable is Jemaine Clement, the sonorous New Zealander who slayed in HBO’s Flight of the Conchords and who even managed to make a sustained Michael York impersonation pay off in the recent Gentlemen Broncos. Here he plays a supporting role as an outlandishly pretentious artist who’s catnip to the ladies, and whose selfregard is like a ZIP code unto itself.

Also in the supporting ranks, Zach Galifianakis plays a mindreading Internal Revenue Service schmuck who wears a dickey with inappropriate clothing (though of course the dickey is not easy to pull off in any instance).

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its proponents. The remake trips all over itself trying to make sense of the characters and a new storyline.

The character played by Rudd is a little schmucky but basically nice, wanting only to give his undemanding fiancée (Stephanie Szostak) everything she ever wanted, even though she says love is enough. So. No tension there.

Carell’s performance is all tension, a rare strenuous misstep. The character he’s trying to play in Director Jay Roach’s film isn’t a consistent comic creation; he’s simply a collection of rube-like behavioral tics. What’s an actor to do, with Roach hammering home the obviousness at every turn while failing to propel the scenes forward? Carell pulls every variation he can on the theme of social brainlessness, but it’s an uphill battle. The Dinner Game was based on a stage play; that didn’t slow down the French film version. Dinner for Schmucks runs a half-hour longer than The Dinner Game, and you feel every stagey minute.

I think I’ll be in the minority on this one, but you know comedy: Nothing’s more personal. I found the heart-tugs at the climax almost grotesque. The French original wasn’t afraid to find subtlety within cruelty.

The schmucked-up American edition does the chortling for us and then, as an afterthought, scolds us for laughing. Or, in my case, not.

—MCT, Tribune Newspapers Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Zac Efron cries a lot

he Motion Picture Association of America has given Charlie St. Cloud a PG-13 rating for, among other things, “an intense accident scene,” which is the best way to describe the film itself.

With some supernatural melodramas, you may buy what’s on the page, as with The Lovely Bones or The Time Traveler’s Wife. Throw an ill-starred film adaptation at the same fantastic conceits, however, and they deflate faster than you can say “phffffft” or “whoops!” followed by “what happened?” Ben Sherwood’s novel The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, adapted here by Craig Pearce and Lewis Colick, tells the tale of a college-bound working-class sailing phenom whose brother, Sam, 11, is killed by a drunk driver. Charlie’s life derails; he cancels plans to attend Stanford on scholarship to become a hermit-like groundskeeper at the cemetery where Sam is buried.

Strange things happen there. Charlie thinks he sees Sam behind a gravestone. Then, one day, looking quite hale, Sam shows up with his baseball glove and ball in hand. A bargain is struck: every day at sundown, the brothers will throw the ball around, talk about the things that matter, work on their grounders.

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anything more than a sly vocal inflection. They are two of the wittiest performers in movies today.

So, what’s my problem? We have here not a remake but a stupidization of a very good French farce, Francis Veber’s The Dinner Game (1998). In Dinner for Schmucks, the head of a private equity firm hosts a monthly soiree for which his employees must bring an idiot to dinner, and the best idiot wins. Rudd’s character, a junior member of the firm trying to make good, feels conflicted about this, but into his life (and off the front of his car) bounces a pluperfect dolt, played

by Carell in capped teeth, Dumb and Dumber hair and strangulated voice. His pathetic nature is signified by his obsession: With dead mice he creates diorama-like scenes, from history or his own relational train wrecks, and presents them as highly personal works of art. Schmuck!

In Veber’s original version, the victim cluelessly yet systematically destroyed the life and social standing of his victimizer, and the comeuppance was richly deserved. The tone of the French original was dry yet sharp, skating a fine line between embracing the humiliation of its premise and exposing the cruelty of

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special powers, and he communes with more than one spirit. When his onetime sailing competitor, Tess, (Amanda Crew) starts gumming up the works, romantically speaking, Charlie confronts a host of tough questions.

Among them: How many different ways are there to cry? Zac Efron, who sloshes his way through the role of Charlie, tries them all and succeeds well

enough, though Charlie St. Cloud might have gotten by with a more charismatic cast. Charlie Tahan’s Sam fares best; he’s direct, emotionally straightforward, and he doesn’t beg for our sympathy, even when everyone else works overtime at it.

The story’s icky, frankly. (Warning: a wee spoiler follows.) At a key juncture, Charlie and Tess get together in the cemetery for something nobody ever does in the Twilight series, and then we learn it’s not happening, at least not the way we think it is, because she has suffered a horrible sailing accident. And needs rescuing. By someone preferably shirtless. And someone ready to let go of his grief, which means letting go of the metaphor for that grief, the kid with the glove.

Live your life. Live it to the fullest. These are the worthy sentiments of Charlie St. Cloud. Director Burr Steers milks them dry, like an overeager farmer at milking time, which is a paradox since this is the wettest picture of 2010, what with the sea spray and Efron’s tear ducts and the general metaphysical mist.

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Agora

musical genius, set in 1920s France, and full of raging emotions and dazzling couture. Rated R. At Century. — Steven Rea

Set in ancient Egypt under Roman rule, Agora follows the brilliant and beautiful astronomer Hypatia (Rachel Weisz), who leads a group of disciples fighting to save the wisdom of the Ancient World, as violent religious upheaval spills into the streets of Alexandria. Among these disciples are two men competing for her heart: the witty, privileged Orestes (Oscar Isaac) and Davus (Max Minghella), Hypatia’s young slave, who is torn between his secret love for her and the freedom he knows can be his if he chooses to join the unstoppable surge of the Christians. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres

Colors

Colors stars Robert Duvall and Sean Penn as partners on the LAPD’s gang crime division. Duvall had hoped to spend more time with his family, but he’s pulled back into active service because of a step-up in gang activity. He makes no secret of his contempt for his novice partner Penn, but eventually comes to rely on the younger man as a valuable street contact. The central crisis is the battle for supremacy between the Crips and the Bloods, with every effort to call a truce stymied by the gang members themselves and by undue police intervention. At Starz. — Denver Film Society

Breathless

Featuring now-legendary performances from JeanPaul Belmondo as the Bogart-inspired small-time hood living on the edge and Jean Seberg as la petite américaine who casually sleeps with him and just as casually betrays him, Breathless is funny and daring and just as much a breath of fresh air today as it was on its release five decades ago. Audaciously reinventing the grammar of movies, Breathless transformed cinema overnight and instantly put Godard in the rarified company of Picasso, Joyce, Brecht, Stravinsky, et. al. At Starz. — Landmark Theatres Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is a sequel to Cats & Dogs, a movie that was released nine years ago. Considering how bad the follow-up film is, they should have waited another nine — or 90 — years. In a world where cats and dogs battle

Countdown to Zero

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Countdown to Zero traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy or a simple accident. Written and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (The Devil’s Playground, Blindsight), the film makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

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In Cremaster 1 (1996), a platinum starlet with twin hovering Goodyear blimps builds geometric pat-

Angelina Jolie plays a super-cool, super-tough CIA agent in Salt. Kind of like Tomb Raider with more clothes. crime, bumbling police dog Diggs (voiced by James Marsden) is recruited by a secret dog spy organization to help stop the evil Kitty Galore (Bette Midler). Diggs must work with his natural enemy, the feline spy Catherine (Christina Applegate) to complete the mission. Anyone who was born after the original movie was released will probably find the kitties and doggies cute. Others will be faced with a movie that lacks originality and comes across like someone trying to teach an old dog a new trick. Can’t be done. Rated PG. At Flatiron, Colony

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Inception Thu: 11:55, 12:50, 3:15, 4, 6:30, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 9:40, 12:50, 4, 6:45, 7:15, 9:55, 10:25 The Kids Are All Right Fri-Wed: 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Knight and Day Thu: 9:30 p.m.

The Other Guys Fri-Wed: 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:45, 10:15 Ramona and Beezus Thu: 11:40, 2:05, 4:30, 7:05 Fri-Wed: 11:55, 2:30, 5:10, 7:35 Salt Thu: 10:40, 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:20 Fri-Wed: 12:05, 2:45, 5:05, 7:30, 9:50 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Thu: 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 FriWed: 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Step Up 3 Fri-Wed: 10, 12:30, 3,

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p.m. Sat: 5 p.m. Sun: 1 p.m. Wed: 4, 7:30 I Am Love Thu: 6:45 Restrepo Fri-Wed: 4:30, 7:15, 9:30 Wild Grass Thu: 4:30, 7:15, 9:35 Winter’s Bone Thu: 4:15, 9:25 Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St., Denver, 303-352-1992 The Kids Are All Right ThuWed: 2:30, 4:30, 5:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:40 Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 Countdown to Zero Thu: 4, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 4:15, 9:45 Cyrus Thu-Wed: 4:30, 7:30, 10 The Girl Who Played with Fire Thu: 4:15, 7, 9:30 Fri-Wed: 4, 7, 9:45 I Am Love Fri-Wed: 7:15 p.m.

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terns from red and green grapes, mirrored by Busby Berkeley-style showgirls on the blue Astroturf field below. Cremaster 2 (1999) is an eclectic mix of gender-bending sexuality and athleticism, obscure historical references, high fashion, remote locations, lush music and a range of category-defying mythopoeic imagery. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Cremaster Cycle 3

Shot at two architectural landmarks — New York’s Chrysler Building and the Guggenheim Museum — along with locales in Ireland, Scotland and upstate New York, Cremaster 3 follows The Entered Apprentice (Barney) as he endures torture and travails in order to ascend each building. Peopled by ogres and gangsters, chorus girls and freemasons, Barney’s bizarre universe is never less than stunning. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Cremaster Cycle 4 & 5

In Cremaster 4, a flame-haired satyr (filmmaker Matthew Barney) slowly taps his way through an eroding floor into the sea, as competing color-coded motorcycle teams set off in opposite directions to circle the Isle of Man. In Cremaster 5, Ursula Andress (Dr. No) stars as the Queen of Chain, an audience of one for whom a lush operatic spectacle is performed by the Budapest Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra within a grand 19th century opera house. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Cyrus

Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage, John (John C. Reilly) has all but given up on romance. But at the urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie, John grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiancé Tim at a party. To his surprise, he actually manages to meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly (Marisa Tomei). The relationship takes off quickly, but Molly is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond John’s house. Perplexed, he follows her home and discovers the other man in Molly’s life: her son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill). At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

Dr. Robert (Bono) and Mr. Kite (Eddie Izzard) as their guides. At Red Rocks Amphitheatre. — Denver Film Society The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

The most popular European film of 2009, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is an award-winning mystery thriller based on Stieg Larsson’s international bestselling novel about a disgraced journalist and a troubled young female computer hacker who investigate the mysterious disappearance of an industrialist’s niece. At Starz. — Denver Film Society The Girl Who Played With Fire

Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander’s prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behavior makes her an official danger to society — but no one can find her anywhere. Meanwhile, Mikael Blomkvist, editor-inchief of Millennium, will not believe what he hears on the news. As he fits the pieces of the puzzle together, he comes up against some hardened criminals, including the chainsaw-wielding “blond giant” — a fearsomely huge thug who can feel no pain. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Grown Ups

Grown Ups is a sure thing — a film you feel as if you’ve seen before and probably saw somewhere a second time, so why not another? When Adam Sandler’s beloved middle-school basketball coach dies, the Hollywood agent and his far-flung pals reunite for the funeral back in New England. There, at a lakeside cabin over the July Fourth weekend, the guys relive all their old adolescent pranks and pratfalls, while their families look on, smiling. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips I Am Love

The world’s most nefarious villain (voiced by Steve Carell) is planning the greatest crime in history — stealing the moon — when three orphaned little girls awaken his paternal instincts. Julie Andrews, Will Arnett and Russell Brand round out the voice cast of this 3-D computer-animated comedy. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Flatiron, Century and Colony Square.

— Rene Rodriguez

I Am Love tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes.

Eduardo Sr., the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the reigns of his massive industrial company, surprising everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi and grandson Edo. But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio, a handsome and talented chef. At the heart of the family is Tancredi’s wife Emma. An adoring and attentive mother, her existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with Antonio and embarks on a passionate love affair that will change her family forever. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

Dinner for Schmucks

Inception

See full review on Page 51. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

Finally, the summer movie party graces us with its presence. Christopher Nolan’s knock-you-out-ofyour-seat Inception is the blockbuster we’ve all been thirsting for, a sleek brain twister that makes the other 2010 mainstream releases look puny, drab and empty-headed in comparison. Blithely summarized, Inception’s plot would seem confusing and impenetrable. Confusing? No doubt, and that’s what makes the film so enjoyable, as we try to tease and puzzle out what is really going on. Impenetrable?

Hardly. Simply put, mainstream moviemaking just doesn’t get any better than Inception. Rated PG-13.

At Flatirons, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Randy Myers

Despicable Me

Eclipse

Eclipse finds Bella inching closer to her decision to marry Edward and become a vampire, thus breaking the werewolf heart of Jacob. The wolves and the vamps must unite to take on an army of vampiric “newborns.” Already, Eclipse has garnered praise as the best and most action-packed of the series — which I don’t understand. For me it’s ponderous and sloppily directed and by far the most deadening when the dramatic necessity known as “talking” must be confronted in between battles. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

— Michael Phillips Film on the Rocks: Across the Universe

Against the backdrop of the 1960s, amid the turbulent years of mind exploration and rock ‘n’ roll, star-crossed lovers Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with 54 August 5, 2010

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In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker Samo in the late 1970s on the Lower East Side scene, sold his first painting to Deborah Harry for $200, and became best friends with Andy Warhol. Appreciated by both the art cognoscenti and the public, Basquiat was launched into international stardom. However, soon his cult status began to override the art that had made him

famous in the first place. Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. At Starz. — Denver Film Society The Kids Are All Right

“All right” doesn’t begin to describe it. The Kids Are All Right is wonderful. Doctor Nic (Annette Bening) and her longtime partner, Jules (Julianne Moore), have two teenagers from the same sperm donor.

When the kids make contact with the donor behind the moms’ backs, Mark Ruffalo’s easygoing restaurateur Paul shows up to stir this family’s pot a bit. Bening and Moore have never been looser on screen, and Ruffalo is the perfect foil. Writerdirector Lisa Cholodenko weds simple technique to complex and satisfying comedy-drama. Rated R. At Flatiron, Esquire, Colony Square and Century. — Michael Phillips Knight and Day

Perky June Havens unwittingly becomes tethered to renegade Roy Miller after bumping into him at the Wichita airport. The two cozy up while on a curiously empty flight that erupts into chaos (the funniest scene) once June visits the restroom. When she returns, she discovers that the dreamy guy with the killer smile is lugging around a carry-on stuffed with issues. Not only is he being hunted by CIA members pursuing a mysterious device called “The Zephyr,” but Roy appears to be cuckoo and triggerhappy. After so many bad romance movies, it’s a treat to see genuine sparks fly between two major stars. At Flatiron. — Randy Myers Living in Emergency

Set in war-torn Congo and post-conflict Liberia, Living in Emergency interweaves the stories of four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders as they struggle to provide emergency medical care under the most extreme conditions. At Starz. — Denver Film Society The Other Guys

Two mismatched New York City detectives find themselves stepping into the limelight of the top cops they idolize. With Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/McClatchy Tribune Media Services Perrier’s Bounty

In this dark crime comedy, Michael owes money to Dublin’s meanest gangster, Darren Perrier. When the debt is called in, Brenda, Michael’s recently “dumped” and suicidal best friend, accidentally shoots dead one of his goons. To make matters worse, Michael’s estranged father, Jim (Jim Broadbent), arrives just in time to witness the scene. On the run with his eccentric father and an increasingly morose Brenda, Michael is about to lose his mind. But as the net tightens and the helter-skelter chase reaches its climax, he is forced to forgive his father and confront his true feelings for Brenda. At Starz. — Denver Film Society Ramona and Beezus

If a film of such unfashionable gentleness fares indifferently or worse at the box office, it’ll only encourage the studios in the direction of the coarse, the obvious and the Shrek. But if Ramona and Beezus does find an audience, its success can be framed as brand loyalty to author Beverly Cleary’s children’s books. As Ramona, Joey King establishes plausible push-pull chemistry with Selena Gomez’s Beezus, whose popularity and hair-care preoccupations contrast with her little sister’s roughhousing.

Sandra Oh is terrific as an elementary school teacher who enjoys her orderly ways. Rated PG. At .Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

— Michael Phillips Restrepo

Restrepo is a feature-length documentary that

chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, “Restrepo,” named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats. The only goal is to make viewers feel as if they have just been through a 94-minute deployment. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Salt

Salt isn’t trying to reinvent anyone’s wheel. It’s quick and, like the condiment whose name it shares, Director Phillip Noyce’s run-like-hell thriller starring Angelina Jolie satisfies a basic human taste — something to go with the popcorn. Jolie plays a supertough superspook confronted one day with a Russian defector who accuses her of being a sleeper agent in the employ of Russians dreaming of oldschool world domination. Thus begin the running and the chasing. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

In The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, loosely based on the Mickey Mouse segment in Fantasia, Nicolas Cage plays Balthazar, a good sorcerer who can live forever and is trying to protect modern-day New York City and environs from the ravages of bad sorcerers played by Alfred Molina and Alice Krige. Once Balthazar presses young Dave (Jay Baruchel) into apprenticeship, the duo and Molina shoot fire-jets and balls of energy at one another’s heads. See full review on page 53. Rated PG. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Step Up 3D

A tight-knit group of street dancers team up with an NYU freshman and find themselves pitted against the world’s best hip-hop dancers in a highstakes showdown. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Colony Square, Century and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/McClatchy Tribune Media Services Toy Story 3 If Toy Story 3 had sprung, Slinky Dog-like, from any creative think tank besides Pixar, it might be considered a classic. As is, it’s a good sequel. Young Andy is heading off to college, and the long-neglected toys are headed for the attic. After mistakenly getting thrown to the curb as trash, the gang has to bust out of the day care center in which they find themselves. Make no mistake: This Disney/Pixar release represents a franchise taken seriously by its custodians. Rated G. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Twelve

The lucrative life of a high-school-dropout-turneddrug-dealer in New York’s Upper East Side sours when the dealer’s cousin is brutally murdered on an East Harlem playground and his best friend is arrested for the crime. Rated R. At Colony Square.

— Los Angeles Times/McClatchy Tribune Media Service Wild Grass

A wallet lost and found opens the door to romantic adventure in Wild Grass, an appealing, absurd comedy/drama directed by legendary French filmmaker Alain Resnai. At Starz and Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Winter’s Bone

This tense, naturalistic thriller follows 17-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence, The Burning Plain) as she confronts the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness to track down her father, who has put up the family homestead for his bail. At Chez Artiste and Century. — Landmark Theatres Boulder Weekly

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March 21-April 19:

The ancient Greek god Dionysus did not, in fact, encourage people to get sloppy drunk, lose control and do stupid things. His preference was that they free themselves from their inhibitions by imbibing moderate amounts of alcohol.

With this medicinal spur, they might get unstuck from their worn-out old behavior patterns and invite refreshing doses of wildness into their lives. Healing was the intention, not craziness and frenzy. It is true that if someone was not willing to escape their rigidity — if they clung to their hidebound attitudes and refused to open up to the call of self-transformation — Dionysus might lure them into reckless inebriation. Keep these thoughts in mind in the coming weeks, Aries.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20:

In her 1960 song “This Bitter Earth,” Dinah Washington sings, “If my life is like the dust that hides the glow of a rose / What good am I, heaven only knows.” I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because you now have the power to prove once and for all that your life is not like the dust that hides the glow of a rose. So please get out there and reveal the glory of the world you inhabit. Draw out and enhance the radiance of people you encounter. By week’s end, you may be able to say, as Washington does in the final line of the song, “This bitter earth may not be so bitter after all.” (Hear the song here: tinyurl.com/BitterEarth.)

GEMINI

May 21-June 20:

More than one-third of adults under 35 confess that right after making love, they tweet or text-message or check their Facebook pages. In the coming week, I strongly advise you not to do that or anything remotely like that. You should give your best, brightest, most focused attention to every phase of every adventure you have. The foreplay and the aftermath are just as important to the total revelation as the height of the action. This is a time in your long-term cycle when you can’t afford to scrimp on completion and closure and resolution.

CANCER June 21-July 22:

August is Banish Your Superstitions Month, Cancerian.

To celebrate this auspicious festival, purge yourself of every irrational belief and unfounded fear you can stand to live without. But also keep in mind that you may have to keep a crazy delusion or two, at least for a while. You’ve become so used to your chronic anxiety that it might be risky to get rid of it all at once. So proceed deliberately, casting off one false belief today and another quaint fallacy tomorrow and a third rotten figment of your imagination next week. By September 1, you may be surprised to see how high you’ve ratcheted up your level of fearlessness.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22:

For a special episode of her TV talk show, Oprah Winfrey wanted a stage set that was fabricated out of chocolate. It took workers 1,400 hours to construct it. When the day came to unveil the decadent monument, Oprah offered her audience members the chance to tear it apart, eat it, and take it home as plunder. They dismantled it in half an hour. Let this be a cautionary tale, Leo. I dearly hope that the creation you’re beginning to work on will endure for a long time and continue to provide meaning and pleasure far past the time it makes its initial splash. Build your baby to last.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22:

New Age author Bob Frissell wrote a book called Nothing in This Book Is True, But It’s Exactly How Things Are. It contains a host of seemingly far-fetched theories about UFOs, crop circles, ascended masters, earth changes and monuments on Mars, all of which adds up to a beguiling Theory of Everything about the hidden nature of reality. I see your life right now as having resemblances to this curious tome. If I had to give a title to the next chapter of your story, it might be “Nothing That’s Happening Will Make Much Sense Until It Has Finished Happening, Whereupon It Will Yield a Burst of Insight about the Big Picture of Your Destiny.”

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One of the best ways to cultivate your own radiant brilliance or native talent is to look for excellence in other people. So if you suspect there’s some half-hidden or partially dormant reservoir of genius within you — a mother lode of intelligence that you have not been fully successful in tapping into — I suggest you make it a point to identify the genius

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SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

Imagine you and I and a bunch of our friends are seven years old. We’re playing the rough game “King of the Mountain” on a huge pile of dirt. Since there are some girls among us, we’ve changed the name of the game to “Awesome Magic Boss of the Mountain.” Today, you’re the strongest one, warding off all challenges to your authority, pushing away everyone who tries to knock you off your place at the top. It’s like you have extra power you’ve never displayed before; as if you’re drawing on reserves of determination and stamina that were previously unavailable. I believe this is a metaphorically accurate portrayal of your actual life right now.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:

My Sagittarius friend Lisa dreamed she was at a party with Jon Carroll, a writer she admires. In the dream, she managed to join a circle of people with whom he was conversing.

Twice she tried to insinuate her way into the conversation with comments she thought were flattering to Jon. But he ignored her. Finally, she opened an oversized picture book she had with her and showed him a striking photo of a huge nest containing a speckled, glittery dragon’s egg. This caught his eye. He took her by the arm to a table where they pored over this fascinating image together. Learn from Lisa’s dream, Sagittarius. To captivate the attention of the people you’re interested in, appeal not to their vanity but to their imagination.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:

Homeboy Industries is an organization in East Los Angeles that helps former gang members find jobs. One of its most successful programs has trained over a hundred ex-cons as solar panel installers. That’s the kind of dramatic conversion I’d like to see you make in your own life, Capricorn — getting face to face with the most messed-up part of yourself and conspiring to transform it into something brighter and more useful. Now would be an excellent time to dive into that worthy project.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:

I’m all in favor of you pumping up your yearning and stoking the fires of your ambition and fantasizing in explicit detail about a fantastic dream — on one condition: The object of your craving has to be real and achievable. It can’t be an impossible idol or remote delusion, nor can it be an escapist distraction. The longing you feel must empower you, not demoralize you. The vision that gets you activated each morning must be something you can actually manifest by carrying out a detailed, step-by-step master plan. If you’re willing to satisfy these provisions, you have my go-ahead to get more than a little wild with desire.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20:

When you try to communicate with a baby, you get nowhere if you talk as you normally do. Nor can you rely on your usual assumptions about human behavior as you read the baby’s verbal cues and body language. There’s a similar principle at work when you interact with animals: You have to speak a different language. And that brings us to your current challenge, Pisces. Life is currently sending you signals that will remain incomprehensible if you insist on interpreting them from the viewpoint of a rational adult. To decipher the encrypted code, you’ll have to get into a mindset that is equal parts child, animal and angel.

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