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Police boast of progress on bike theft problem, but shop owners feel robbed of justice

BY WILL BRENDZA

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There’s an organized element to Boulder’s bike theft problem; BPD says it’s making progress, but bike shop owners feel robbed

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Anderson Files: Strike wave may be the beginning of something big Letters: Signed, sealed, delivered, your views Words: in the places between (unsettled correspondences of a relentless personal nature) Events: What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do . . .

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Strike wave may be the beginning of something big

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here’s a new strike wave happening now,” says Alexander Colvin, the dean of Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. The discontent has been slowly building in recent years. Colvin told Vice, “The pandemic disrupted a lot of things and left workers dissatisfied and wanting to see change. That is combined with an increase in worker bargaining power. There are lots of job openings and high quit rates. Expectations are going up.”

Payday Report’s “Strike Tracker” recently documented its 1,600th work stoppage since the pandemic began in March of 2020.

Across the country, many thousands of workers are in rebellion. They are angry about longhours, low pay, lousy and dangerous working conditions and a lack of respect.

They work in factories, hospitals, universities, retail establishments and movie/television studios. This is the biggest

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revolt in decades. Most workers don’t belong to unions so they can’t go on strike. Non-unionized workers, particularly in the hospitality and service sectors, are quitting their jobs in large numbers.

Bloomberg reports, “the scale of the increase in 2021 is far beyond anything on record.”

A Kaiser nurse in California told labor reporter Steven Greenhouse: “We’ve been going all out during the pandemic. We’ve been working extra shifts. Our lives have been turned upside down. The signs were up all over saying, ‘Heroes Work Here.’ And the pandemic isn’t even over for us, and then for them to offer us a one percent raise, it’s almost a slap in the face.”

The bosses didn’t see it coming. Robert Bruno, a labor relations professor at the University of Illinois, said, see OPINION Page 6

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“You can definitely see that American capitalism has reigned supreme over workers, and as a result, the incentive for companies is to continue to do what’s been working for them.

It’s likely that an arrogance sets in where companies think that’s going to last for ever, and maybe they don’t read the times properly.”

Public support for the labor movement in the U.S. has climbed to its highest level in more than 50 years.

President Joe Biden said he was going to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.”

There have been some promising appointments and executive orders.

The U.S. labor law has become very pro-management over the years. Over the decades, Democratic presidents have supported efforts to change the situation but never have put up a serious fight. The U.S. House passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) and Biden spoke out for it. However, the Republicans in the Senate led by Mitch McConnell used the filibuster to block it.

The PRO Act would prohibit employer interference and influence in union elections, Intimidating mandatory company-sponsored meetings are often used to lobby against a union organizing drive.

Such meetings would be illegal.

For the first time, there would be monetary penalties for companies and executives that violate workers’ rights.

Corporate directors and other officers of the company could also be held liable.

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in the arm. Only six percent of private-sector workers are in unions, the lowest level in a century.

For the first time in decades, workers’ militant resistance is helping shape the political agenda of the Democratic Party. The $3.5 trillion budget proposal would give working people more power in their everyday lives with policies that support home health care and child care, the child tax credit, Medicaid expansion, and investments in housing and green energy.

If people have more stable and economically secure lives, they have more time and energy to become active and informed citizens. A democracy needs active and informed citizens. Now more than ever when one of the two major parties, the GOP, has become a far-right authoritarian party.

Writing in Labor Notes, Jonah Furman and Gabriel Winant note: “In the last several years, a number of mainstream Democrats have come to accept what had previously been a left-wing argument: that the increase of social inequality and the decline in working-class economic security is the ultimate cause of the destabilization of American democracy and must be taken head on. The stated position of the Biden administration is that ‘the decline of union density has . . . weakened our democracy.’”

This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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TAKE A “LEAP” FORWARD FOR OUR LATINO CHILDREN Latino children continue to suffer the academic brunt of this ongoing pandemic.

As a former K-12 Educator, I am particularly dismayed at the lack of resources and support for BIPOC students across Colorado.

This pandemic has laid bare the stark educational inequities and disparities between students of color and their white counterparts. For Latino students, the pandemic has laid a heavier, negative thumb on the socioeconomic playing field that a good education almost always levels.

New 2019-2020 standardized testing results from the Colorado Department of Education showed white students outperformed Hispanic and Black students in math and language arts by more than 30 percentage points. These are core subjects essential to every child’s foundational education.

During the past 18 months, my organization has distributed over $2.1 million to approximately 2,100 families across the Front Range who cannot access public benefits. Not one of these families spent their dollars on educational support for their children. These dollars went to housing, food, clothing, healthcare, and other more pressing needs.

It is now, with a special sense of urgency we can create a new normal as educational resources dwindled during the pandemic and the opportunity gap continued to widen for our students.

Prop 119, otherwise known as the Learning Enrichment Academic Program (LEAP), will help our kids ‘catch up’ from pandemic-fueled learning loss by providing financial aid so that families can afford after-school learning support such as internet, technology, tutoring.

Prop 119 helps take cost out of the picture by providing $1,500 in annual financial aid per student for out-of-school support, with priority given to those lowand moderate-income families.

Prop 119 is a first-of-its-kind measure that has been developed by education experts from across the state to help our students. It will increase equity and flexibility to help close the learning gaps so that students—particularly those of color and those living in poverty—can advance their learning.

Our Latino community has been hit hard by the pandemic; now is the time to make a positive educational impact that will help our kids, our families, and our future leaders succeed.

Join me and dozens of other supporters

of the bipartisan proposition in voting YES on Prop 119.

Rudy Gonzales is the Executive Director at Servicios de La Raza, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing and advocating for culturally responsive, essential human services and opportunities CU SOUTH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEASURE ON THE BALLOT The most important measure on the Boulder November ballot is 302, which

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concerns CU South. 302 contains two provisions. First, it requires that any agreement about CU South be submitted to the voters for approval or rejection. Second, it requires that any CU provide specific information about how it will use CU South and that flood mitigation work begin prior to any construction. Contrary to scare-mongering, the passage of 302 would not delay work on flood mitigation.

The actions of the Boulder City Coun-

cil regarding CU South have been disappointing, to say the least. The council disregarded the vital distinction between who negotiates and who evaluates an agreement.

Two council members helped negotiate the agreement and then voted to approve it.

The council also disregarded the recommendations of both the City Planning Board and the Open Space Trustees. Even see LETTERS Page 8

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more egregious, the City Council evaded a citizen’s initiative with 4,500 signatures by approving a flawed agreement with CU in an inappropriate emergency session. This is a serious violation of democratic procedure entirely unexpected in Boulder politics.

The agreement with CU approved by the City Council is deficient in many ways.

It provides inadequate flood protection. It drastically erodes the character of south Boulder. It would create enormous traffic problems. It destroys a scenic and valuable wetland. A far better agreement regarding the expansion of CU is possible.

Anyone who cares about democratic procedure, environmental rationality, and the viability of the Boulder community will vote in favor of 302.

Tom Mayer/Boulder REASONS TO VOTE NO ON BEDROOMS I am voting no on Bedrooms Are For People for many reasons: Equality of outcome is not a right: In life, there are winners and losers in every situation. When it comes to housing, the people who got there first are the winners. They get to take the land for less cost, develop with less restriction, and set the rules. It sucks when you are the loser, but things not going the way you like them to is not justification for changing the rules.

Generally, what people do when faced with rents higher than they are willing or able to pay is to move somewhere more affordable.

Overcrowded neighborhoods = less happy residents: The more people you pack in, the lower the happiness of every resident (data here).

BafP would provide only temporary relief to renters at the cost of forever destroying our city. Density in SFH neighbourhoods would double or even triple.

Our quality of life would be irreparably harmed. While developers get rich, the residents watch the city devolve. Parking, traffic, and small business closures will turn this wonderful city into a zoo.

Long term rents will continue to increase because demand will never decrease: Boulder is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in the US, the mountains are not going anywhere, and CU will continue to grow. Demand to live here is not going away. When we use up all the new bedrooms created under BafP, the new renters will be in the same situation they are now.

Incentivising the family unit is a good thing: Our society has long promoted the family as the core social unit through both practice and law. We do this because families make babies which become citizens that participate in our community 8

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and economy. Babies born into a home with married parents have drastically better outcomes as members of society than those born into homes with one parent. That is not a dis on people born to single family homes. It’s just the data.

Closing thought: ‘Equity’ is the new code for equality of outcome despite an inequality of effort, ability, luck, timing, etc. I believe strongly in anti-discrimination and equality of opportunity. Equality of outcome, however, is just a way for people to point fingers at someone else instead of taking responsibility for themselves and changing their circumstances.

Lee Buttrill / Boulder BOULDER NEEDS OCCUPANCY LIMITS Long-time residents founded the University Hill Neighborhood League (now known as the University Hill Neighborhood Association) in 1972 to confront the problem of single family residences being converted into profit-making rental properties.

After a year-long organizing effort by neighbors, the City Council in 1973 unanimously approved down-zoning a large part of the University Hill area from Medium Density Residential (MRE) to Low Density Residential (LR-1 ).

The zoning changes have slowed but not stopped the continuing conversion of family residences into profit-making rentals. This is due in large part because occupancy requirements have proven to be almost completely unenforceable for several reasons.

Measure 300 on your current ballot would radically discard these occupancy limits. Euphemistically named “Bedrooms are for People,” it is rather an unlimited windfall measure in all Boulder neighborhoods that will accelerate profit-making rental conversions. That’s why many people who have carefully researched Measure 300 refer to it as “Bedrooms Are For Profit.”

Imagine your town if it abandons zoning on occupancy in this manner: what happens to the very idea of “Family Resident”—home and “Neighbor”-hood in contrast to Pure Rental-Zone?

Among many negative consequences, rental zones that typically cater to young, college-age persons erode the viability of walk-to neighborhood schools. Instead, they produce a new problem of diminishing enrollment in K-12 schools, with the resultant school demolition, consolidation and more bussing.

What has taken generations to build can be destroyed much more quickly.

Everyone should vote in this election on this momentous decision, Rolf and Silvia Kjolseth/Boulder

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Cycles IT of crime

There is an organized element to Boulder’s bike theft problem; BPD says it’s making progress, but bike shop owners feel robbed of justice

by Will Brendza

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was around four in the morning when the stolen box truck came smashing through the garage door of Sports Garage Cycling on Spruce Street. Around 12 high-end bikes, parked on racks in front of the door, were completely destroyed by the vehicle as it came barreling, back-end first, into the shop. Alarms started going off and Boulder police were dispatched to the scene.

But by the time police arrived, the burglars were already gone. According to Brad James, the store’s owner, the criminals knew exactly what they’d been looking for and had come in with a well rehearsed game plan. They’d loaded the truck with $2,000, $3,000, and $5,000 bikes, and made their escape in just under five minutes.

That was in October 2019, and James says in total he lost over $200,000 in product that night. And his was not the last shop to get burglarized this way—in December 2019, Cenna Custom Cycles was likewise broken into and robbed of six high-end custom bikes; in January 2020, Boulder Cycle Sport was robbed twice in one month, for a total of $137,000 worth of bikes; the Specialized Experience headquarters was hit in December of 2020 for $160,000; Louisville Cyclery, Trek Bicycle, CycleWorx and handful of other bike shops in Boulder County were all robbed in a similar fashion. Security camera footage from stores captured their smash-and-grabs in prog-

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ress, and show many of the masked burglars employing nearly identical tactics.

“It’s a totally professional group. They had actually been in the Denver area,” James says, referencing a very similar string of burglaries that had ripped through Denver’s bike shops just prior to and after his own robbery. “They literally just go from city to city.”

Two years after his store was robbed, James, as well as many other victims of these smash-and-grab shop burglaries, don’t feel as though Boulder Police have done enough to investigate these crimes or pursue the criminals. In at least one instance that all of them seem to remember, Boulder police let the burglars escape from the scene of a crime. They didn’t pursue the perpetrators as they drove away from the smashed-up shop, because police say their policies prohibited the action.

That still baffles shop owners like James.

The Boulder Police Department (BPD) says it’s made a lot of progress on Boulder’s bike theft front, however. On Thursday, October 14, BPD Chief Maris Herold held a town hall where she and Boulder’s Community Service Officer Mitch Trujillo updated Boulderites on all the progress BPD has made to curb these shop burglaries and other more common forms of bike theft that occur within city limits. They’ve worked really hard, they say, to help educate Boulder’s bike shops and individual bike owners on how to keep their cycles safe from would-be burglars, petty thieves, and BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

opportunistic crime.

“And the results are clear,” Chief Herold said during the October 14 virtual town hall. “We’ve seen double-digit reductions in bike theft since [2020].”

Last year was particularly bad for bike theft just about everywhere in the U.S. Bryan Hance, one of the founders of the nonprofit bike registry Bike Index, calls 2020 “the perfect storm” for bike theft; between the pandemic driving demand for bikes up, people being laid off of work, supply chain problems, and police enforcement scaling back, there was an “insane spike” in the number of bikes they saw stolen. And he says he’s seen a lot more organized, professional burglaries—like those that occurred in Denver and Boulder.

“We still have a lot of the individual crimes, but we’re seeing a lot more of these apartment-type hits and store hits and straight up burglaries as opposed to somebody cruising by a garage and snatching a bike,” he says. Hance references a burglary at Denver’s Point 21 apartments that occurred on October 25, where burglars gained access to the apartment’s bike storage room and cleaned the entire place out—making off with 12 bikes.

“It’s not one guy sneaking away with one bike from one garage,” he says. “These fuckers have trucks now.”

In Boulder, bike theft, including burglaries and individual theft, spiked by 46 percent in 2020. In any normal year, around 700 bikes are reported stolen to BPD. Last year, though, it was over 1,000, adding up to a total of $1.57 million in stolen property, according to police. That is particularly disconcerting, since it’s estimated less than 25 percent of stolen bikes get reported to police.

Things are getting better in Boulder, though, according to Officer Trujillo.

“We’ve seen a 35 percent decrease between January 1 and September 30,” Officer Trujillo says, adding that since 2018 they’ve seen a 26 percent decrease. This year, Officer Trujillo says, they’ve only had 541 bikes reported stolen in thefts and burglaries so far.

And the smash-and-grab burglaries have virtually ceased in Boulder, Officer Trujillo says.

That’s all been accomplished through a combination of education campaigns on securely locking bikes, cooperation with local bike shops, and a registration program BPD has initiated in partnership

with Hance’s nonprofit.

BPD, CUPD and local bike shops have all partnered with Bike Index to help curb the number one problem in recovering stolen bikes—few are registered to their owners. In fact, Officer Trujillo says only three out of 10 bikes recovered by BPD are registered.

Boosting that number is Bike Index’s whole mission, Hance says.

The non-profit has helped recover over $13 million worth of cycles stolen from both shops and individuals since it launched in 2013. BPD now encourages residents to register

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their bikes with Bike Index because it’s a national registry and not just local to Boulder. So if a Bike Index registered bike is stolen, there’s a much higher chance it will be found, even if it’s moved elsewhere. Boulder Police now distribute weather-resistant, eco-friendly information cards on improperly secured bikes that encourage people to register their bikes with Bike Index. The cards also offer friendly instructions on how to lock a bike properly and even offer a 20 percent discount on a u-lock at participating Boulder bikes stores.

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“We have made a dent in recovering [bikes] locally with our program, and we really, really want to get people to register their bikes,” says Sergeant Brannon Winn with BPD. “It’s incredibly frustrating because we see all these abandoned bicycles or bikes that look like they’re in chop shops . . . we think they’re stolen. We have reason to believe they’re stolen.

But if we can’t prove that they’re stolen, there’s literally nothing we can do about it.” see NEWS Page 12

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Registration solves that problem.

When police discover a cache of stolen bikes, or a chop shop where they’re being stripped or retrofitted for resale, if the bikes are registered, police can reunite them with their owners fairly easily. If not, however, it’s almost impossible.

BPD is also implementing a “bait bike” system, planting unlocked bikes around town to tempt and track individual thieves who steal them.

On the smash-and-grab burglary front, Officer Trujillo says BPD has worked with local bike shops to help identify security weaknesses and “target harden” their businesses. They encouraged mechanical tweaks such as lighting changes, security camera system upgrades, and shatter-resistant window films, and procedural changes like locking all of the bikes up after closing, to slow a potential robbery.

“We’re seeing a huge decline in the number of reports, and I really do think it’s because of our efforts and the help that we’ve been getting from the community,” he says.

Two local men were arrested in December of 2020 in association with the Trek Bicycle and CycleWorx bike shop burglaries. However, no arrests have been made in association with the vast majority of Boulder’s other smash-and-grab burglaries. The burglars who hit the Sports Garage, Boulder Cycle Sport, and Specialized Experience have not yet been caught.

But in at least one of Boulder’s bike shop burglaries, the police did catch those criminals—unfortunately, when they did, they had to let them go. According to several sources, including Officer Trujillo, Sergeant Winn, James of Sports Garage, and others, during one early morning robbery in Boulder, police arrived on the scene just as the burglars’ infamous box truck was pulling out and driving away, full of stolen bikes.

A chase ensued, but it didn’t last very long. BPD couldn’t pursue the escaping criminals because operational procedures prohibited it, they explain.

“The majority of the agencies, if not all the agencies, have some kind of a pursuit policy in place that prohibits them from pursuing vehicles in [many cases],” Officer Trujillo says. “They could potentially pose more of a risk if we actually pursue them at [high] speeds and their reckless behavior increases.”

“We had to end the chase because it was just too dangerous,” Sergeant Winn says. “We would have been in serious violation of our pursuit policy.”

Of course, that delays the investigal

tion, according to Sergeant Winn, but it certainly doesn’t mean it’s over. These cases are still very much “active.”

“We don’t just stop investigating because they were able to flee from us in a car,” he says.

The question that remains for many is, where are all of these bikes going? Just in Boulder, between 5001,000 bikes are being stolen a year, accounting for millions of dollars in stolen property. In Denver in 2019 it was over 3,000 bikes, according to DPD’s own numbers. Those bikes are not all being resold in this area— otherwise more of them would be turning up online, on offerup.com, or craigslist.com, on Facebook Marketplace, or in pawn shops along the Front Range or elsewhere in the state, according to James.

“You can only sell so many stolen bikes on eBay before you get whacked. Right?” He says. “I think most of them leave the country and end up in Mexico or South America.”

That’s a theory that was shared by the other bike shop owners, and also by Boulder Police and detectives themselves. In February of 2021, Chief Herold told Bicycle Retailer, “There’s some evidence to suggest that high-end bikes are ending up in Mexico.”

“It varies,” Sergeant Winn says.

“But there’s certainly a pipeline into Mexico, and into other states where they can be resold.”

That speaks to a professionally organized element to some of the bike theft rings operating inside of the “Boulder Bubble.” There are plenty of opportunistic thieves who need transportation or some fast cash, there’s also a level of bike theft that’s sweeping the streets, neighborhoods, and apartment complexes, swiping unsecured bikes off racks or out of open garages. But there’s a third tier of professional burglars who operate much differently than the others.

Sergeant Winn says that the last group is the most dangerous, because they’re likely involved in more than just bike shop burglaries. Criminals of that caliber do this kind of thing for a living and could be out in the community committing much more serious crimes.

“The guys that are doing this are doing other things too,” he says.

They’re committing felonies, burglarizing homes or other stores, stealing cars or perpetrating violence. “Being able to impact [bike theft] is going to impact a lot of different types of crimes.”

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If all this sounds unbelievable, Howell, who is ranch manager for Eli Feldman in Ridgway, Colorado, understands the skepticism.

But he says the ranch speaks for itself.

Western States Ranches is huge, a 213,000-acre spread that’s a mix of 3,000 acres of irrigated bottom land in Delta and Montrose counties, plus 210,000 acres of mostly leased federal rangeland that sprawls from western Colorado to eastern Utah. There’s forested, high elevation range, but half of the ranch is semi-arid.

Rainfall can be a scant 10 inches per year.

The herd is also large at 3,300 head, with 1,800 pregnant cows.

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a day or two, cows eat fresh grass and weeds, then move on to new pasture before an enclosed pasture is damaged. Ten cowhands make the process work by moving miles of electric fencing, even though they’re traditionally loath to get off their horses. Feldman found Howell by consulting the Savory Institute, where Howell’s wife, Daniella Ibarra-Howell, is director.

The man and the money behind this enterprise is Eli Feldman, whose Conscience Bay Company is mostly staked by lifelong friends, the Laufer family of Stony Brook, New York.

East Coast money and Western know-how might seem an odd combo, but Howell studies the land with total concentration. He says his rule of thumb is to make a grazing plan and then rip it up as changing conditions dictate.

Howell has made dry, overgrazed range bloom before. Using Savory methods, he boosted the number of cattle on his former family ranch on Blue Mesa in Western Colorado. He went from 150 cows to 450, while also attracting herds of elk.

But if demand management gets going—the controversial plan of leasing water temporarily and voluntarily to fulfill downstream obligations–Feldman and Howell are on board.

Feldman asked Trout Unlimited to administer a demand management study on part of his ranch that lies in Eckert, Colorado, where ground is irrigated only until July 1.

Howell derides programs that encourage leasing water for full seasons. “It’s going to be seen as socially untenable for ranchers in the upper basin to be over-irrigating hay fields when downstream users are running out of water.”

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Because Feldman is an outsider with a formidable operation, he says he’s been a target since the ranch got going in 2018. Shortly afterward, he recalls, a Delta County commissioner poked him in the chest with a finger, saying, “I’ve got my eye on you.”

Feldman figures he’s been cast as a water speculator. “But when a ranch was auctioned off recently,” he says, “we passed on the irrigated land (with senior water rights) and purchased the herd and grazing permits only.”

For both Feldman and Howell, one of their goals is to restore grass on ground that’s been ranched “old-school.” By that they mean trampled creek beds where cows for generations wallowed away the summers.

Howell says he has all sorts of tricks to get lazy cows moving.

Artificial watering holes are scattered across dry range, while gullied creeks are fenced off and left to recover. The payoff is growing grass-fed, certified organic beef, and Howell says it commands a 15-20 percent premium over cattle grown for the commodity market.

Despite the ranch’s sprawl, it seems a lean operation. Howell manages it halftime from a small tent, which also doubles as his sleeping quarters. His cowhands are equipped with little besides horses, trailers and portable electric fence. Still, Howell has his share of environmental critics. The Center for Biological Diversity charges that grazing any cattle on marginal land leads to degraded water and spurs desertification.

Howell shrugs off the charge. “These native rangelands evolved with hooved animals,” he says. “To say they are not meant to be grazed is total BS. They were meant to be grazed— but as nature intended.”

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Ballerina Annette Buvoli has danced her way from Boulder to the Royal Ballet

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self-described tomboy growing up in Boulder, Annette Buvoli only started ballet classes to hang out with her friend.

“My best friend wanted to do jazz class,” the 25-year-old explains in a recent phone interview from her home in London. “After a year, they required us to do ballet. To be honest, my parents didn’t like me doing jazz because it is quite suggestive and they thought I was a little too young to be shimmying on stage, so my

there. I got accepted, which was exciting, but for my parents, really scary to think that I would be in Russia at 15. I was so determined to go that they thought they wouldn’t be able to say no.”

When a friend suggested attending a short summer program at the Royal Ballet School in London, Buvoli went along just for the fun of it. A teacher there suggested she audition for the school, and Buvoli agreed, thinking that her studies in Russia were waiting for her.

“It was the most relaxed I’d ever been in an audition and they offered me a place. Suddenly everything was up in the air. We were debating what would be better for me, whether to go to Russia or to go to the Royal Ballet School.”

level because I had never done ballet before.”

Today Buvoli dances with the Royal Ballet, the United Kingdom’s premiere ballet company. Based at the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden, the company performs a variety of works ranging from classics such as Swan Lake and The Nutcracker to contemporary pieces. She’s currently in rehearsal for her role as Myrtha, the evil Queen of the Wilis, in the company’s upcoming production of Giselle.

For Buvoli, now a First Artist with the company, performing alongside world famous dancers is classes in Boulder.

“Even though I was a late starter, it made sense pretty quickly for me,” she says. “A year into doing ballet, I started learning about Margot Fonteyn and Nureyev, and understanding that ballet was a career. I remember driving to ballet class with my mum and I said, ‘Mum, I’m not going to college, I’m going to be a ballet dancer!’ At that point I was still in elementary school, so very early on, this was serious for me.”

Buvoli studied at Boulder Ballet for four years and then took a summer course at the Kirov Academy in Washington D.C., where she “fell in love with the Russian training,” auditioned for the year-round program, and was accepted.

She was just shy of 14.

Leaving Boulder and her family at such a young age

Annette decided to stay in London. Her parents were thrilled at the sudden change of plan. There would be no language problem and their teenage daughter would be based in London—a lot closer and relatively near their extended family in northern Italy. (Both Buvoli’s parents are Italian scientists, having moved to Boston then Boulder for work.)

Once again, Buvoli’s talent stood out, and even though she joined the school as one of the youngest pupils, she skipped a year and after graduation was invited to join the company.

“It was a dream come true,” Buvoli says. “It was so out of my head at that point that it was even a remote possibility to be offered a contract, that it took a second to say, ‘Oh my god, okay!’”

Having joined the company in 2013, Buvoli was

Europe, she would have to move away from home.

“I said to my poor mother, ‘If you don’t let me go, I’m going to cry every day!’ In reality, when you are 13 and leaving home, it is very hard,” Buvoli admits. “I Thanksgiving, and it was tough. The Russian training is notoriously hardcore. They are not very encouraging— they are after a while, but it is tough love, so it was not anything I was used to. I’d say the whole year was acfor the Bolshoi Academy in Russia. I sent an audition video because my teacher was pushing me to go

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7 p.m. Thursday, October 28, Louisville Historical Museum, 1001 Main Street, Louisville.

Join the Louisville Historical Museum and the Boulder Valley Spellbinders for rarely-heard local mystery and suspense stories told under the stars. Start your Halloween off right with haunting stories based on true events in Louisville’s history. This program is recommended for ages six and up. Bring a blanket or chairs, if desired. Registration is suggested. Rain date: Friday, October 29 at 7 p.m.

If your organization is planning an event of any kind, please email the managing editor at crockett@boulderweekly.com

Kaidan+: Something Strange and Spectral

Art & Sip: Painting a Macro Succulent

October 29-31, Nov. 3-7, University Theatre Building, 261 University of Colorado, Boulder.

Tickets: $22, cupresents.org Just in time for Halloween, join the Department of Theatre & Dance for an evening of seven spine-tingling ghost stories from around the world.

Inspired by the legendary Japanese Kabuki play, Kaidan+: Something Strange and Spectral features a contemporary update of this chilling tale of revenge, and also journeys to a sinister boarding school in Africa, a desolate

6:30 p.m. Thursday, October 28, Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Price: $10-$35.

With inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe, this class will take a closer look at the beautiful leaves of an echeveria succulent. In this guided acrylic painting class, you will learn how to create an interesting composition and play with expressive color and line to create a unique work of art. Grab a drink and get creative with these Thursday night classes for adults. Beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and snacks will be available for purchase in the Atrium Bar.

bridge in Australia, the bleak expanse of the South Pole, and the menacing wilds of Colorado.

B.E.A.T Exhibit Opening Reception Stem Ciders Attempts Longest Cider Pour at Acreage

5-9 p.m. Friday, October 29, Acreage Cider House, 1380 Horizon Avenue, Lafayette.

Stem Ciders will be attempting the world’s longest cider pour from atop a

der fans can try their hand at capturing as much cider as possible in a standard pint glass. The contestant who captures the most cider by the end of the event will take home a free case of cider every month for a year. There’ll even be candy for the kiddos.

Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

7:15 p.m. Thursday, October 28, Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Tickets: $10-$15.

Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra returns to perform the live musical The Phantom of the Opera 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, the movie stars Lon Chaney as the deformed phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star. Oh, and Lon Chaney was born and raised in Colorado Springs. The Mont Alto

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5 p.m. Friday, October 29, Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Admission: $20, museumofboulder.org Rock out with DJ Musa Starseed, eat delicious quesadillas provided by King Como food cart and check out the Museum of Boulder’s newest installation, B.E.A.T. The exhibit will feature: kinect “reveal”; wall bioluminescent algae; interactive musical arcade; 3-dimensional shadows; musical robotics; kinetic sculptures; and interactive sound and light installations.

Broken Box Mime Theater: ‘Above Below’

Friday, October 29-31, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder.

Tickets: $30-$35, thedairy.org Above Below takes you on an epic journey from bus stop to pit full of ninjas, passing by a time-traveling love story and returning to a hometown lake at sunset, a total of 12 stories of varying lengths, each exploring in their own style selves in the here and now. The Sunday, 5 p.m. performance will feature gentler lighting and sound cues and relaxed theater etiquette as a way to make the theater-going experience more accessible. Attendees of all ages, abilities, and needs are welcome. see EVENTS Page 22

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Longmont 42nd Annual Halloween Parade & Trick or Treat Street

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9:30 p.m. Saturday, October 30, 700 Longs Peak Avenue, Longmont.

Get the whole family in costume and come out to the Halloween Parade and Trick or Treat Street in Longmont. The parade will begin to queue up at 9:30 a.m. and begin promptly at 10 a.m. at Roosevelt Park. Visit downtown participating merchants for Trick or Treat Street immediately following the parade. Kids of all ages can be a part of this costume foot parade; no registration is required. Strollers or wagons are recommended for tiny feet. No motorized vehicles or large animals will be allowed. Dogs must be leashed. For more information contact Recreation Services at 303-651-8404. Parade map viewable online at LongmontColorado.gov/rec.

Alone on the Wall: An Evening with Alex Honnold

7 p.m. Monday, November 1, Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant Street, Unit 285ucb, Boulder. Tickets: $2 students, $10 staff/faculty with valid Buff OneCard. Cash only. Limited general public tickets will be available online only via Eventbrite for $15.

Alex Honnold is best known for his high-stakes free solo climbing and multiple award-winning publications. He is the star of Free Solo ropeless ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan. His latest endeavor, On the Edge with Alex Honnold, on Disney+, explores climate change through climbing in Greenland.

Althea Murphy-Price— Visiting Artist Lecture Halloween Monster Mash Party

1-4 p.m. Sunday, October 31; 6-10 p.m. Sunday, October 31, Junkyard Social Club, 2525 Frontier Avenue, Unit A, Boulder. Tickets: $15-$20—Children under 2 free.

If Frankenstein’s monster entered himself into a talent show, what would his talent be? Stacking things on his head? Tap dancing to Puttin’ on the Ritz? Juggling body parts? Witness acrobats embody the power and kryptonite of your favorite monsters in the Monster Mash Talent Show. There will be tricks. There will be treats and costumes. Performances by The Fractal Society and music by DJ Gah-bé and Von Disco (live band), libations

by DV8 Spirits.

Halloween Motown Prom

6:30 p.m. Saturday, October 30, Roots Music Project, 4747 Pearl Street, Suite V3A, Boulder.

Tickets: $20.

It’s prom night in 1960s Boulder and the warehouse is haunted with the music of Motown and Stax Records. Journey back in time and enjoy prom with your new crush, or crash the party as a ghost, ghoul, or some other costumed persona who can’t resist the call of classic soul.

Dress up, sing, and dance to these classic songs. Live performance by Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (A Motown Stax Revue) featuring Hazel Miller on vocals.

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6:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 2, Virtual Event URL: calendar.colorado.edu/event/ althea_murphy-price Althea Murphy-Price’s work is inspired by the social implication of beauty and its relationship to female identity, women, and culture. Topics of real and false, decoration, and imitation are explored in two- and three-dimensional working methods, using traditional and non-conventional approaches to printmaking, and sculpture. Her artwork has been shown widely throughout the country as well as internationally. This event can be livestreamed on CU Boulder’s Art & Art History YouTube: bit.ly/311yVpz

Piglets in the Pumpkin Patch

Noon-5 p.m. Sunday, October 31, Lazy J Farm Stand, 7656 Mineral Road, Niwot. Price: Free—Food and drinks available for purchase, photo booth $25.

Join the Lazy J Farm Stand on Halloween day from for an afternoon of family fun in the country. Enjoy a meet-and-greet with adorably exotic Mangalitsa piglets, a costume contest, brick-oven pizza and Italian pork sandwiches by Antonio Laudisio, music by DJ Chris P. Bacon, and professional photo booth with piglets by local photographer, Carol Stock. Local pork, beef, lamb bundles and craft pantry provisions available for purchase. Weather permitting. Follow @Bacon_Bandito on Instagram for updates about this event.

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Boulder Symphony presents Curiosity Concert

3 p.m. Sunday, October 31, Grace Commons Church, 1820 15th St., Boulder. Tickets: $0-$15, bouldersymphony.org In a concert for families of all ages, the Boulder Symphony will present music from Metallica to Harry Potter, with all the classical greats like Vivaldi, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky, and a few pieces you normally don’t hear from an orchestra. Families are welcome to dress up in their favorite costume. Kids will experience music from Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi to Metallica, Lil Nas X, and Harry Potter. Adults will learn about how classical music has evolved over the centuries. Instruments featured include percussion, electric guitar, keyboards, and all of the strings including violin, viola, cello, and bass. The concert coincides with the grand opening of the Boulder Symphony Music Academy, which will allow music enthusiasts of all ages and levels to pursue their passion with members of the Boulder Symphony community. see CALENDAR Page 24

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JAN 14 ............................................................................................. BUMPIN UGLIES MAY 11 .................................................................................. CAR SEAT HEADREST

MAY 10 .................................................................................... STEVE HACKETT

CONCERTS COURTESY BLACKSPY MARKETING

THU. OCT 28

SAT. OCT 30

MONSTER ENERGY UP & UP FESTIVAL PRESENTS

LOUD LUXURY

TERRAPIN CARE STATION PRESENTS

SATSANG

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FRI. OCT 29 ROOSTER, PARTY GURU PRODUCTIONS & TERRAPIN CARE STATION PRESENT:

SUN. OCT 31

SOME CREATURE TOUR

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JUSTIN MARTIN SAT. NOV 6

SAT. OCT 30 97.3 KBCO, WESTWORD & BELL’S BREWERY PRESENT: AN EVENING WITH

THE MOTET

ROOSTER PRESENTS: WACHITO RICO NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

HALLOWEEN 2021

BOY PABLO

SUN. OCT 31

SOFIA VALDES

ROOSTER & PARTY GURU PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: SWIMMING WITH THE CLOUDS TOUR

SUN. NOV 7

WHETHAN

SIERRA HULL

DISCO LINES, BRANSON

WED. NOV 10

PARTY GURU PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: GRAVY BACK IN BUSINESS TOUR

DEAD HORSES

TUE. NOV 2

YUNG GRAVY

88.5 KGNU & PARTY GURU PRODUCTIONS PRESENT

BOOKA SHADE DYNOHUNTER

SAT. NOV 6 ROOSTER, PARTY GURU PRODUCTIONS & TERRAPIN CARE STATION PRESENT: MÁQUINA TOUR

BOOMBOX CARTEL

FRI. NOV 12

GREAT DANE, SUAHN

97.3 KBCO & ROOSTER PRESENT

PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG

WED. NOV 17

SAT. NOV 13

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JESSY LANZA

97.3 KBCO PRESENTS: PLAY LOUD TOUR

THE RECORD COMPANY

THU. NOV 18

SPECIAL GUEST JJ WILDE

97.3 KBCO PRESENTS: SEE THE WORLD TOUR

BRETT DENNEN

WED. NOV 17

BOY NAMED BANJO COLE SCHEIFELE

FRI. NOV 19

THE LAST WALTZ REVISITED WED. NOV 24

88.5 KGNU & AVERY BREWING CO PRESENT

ROOSTER PRESENTS: DEPOLARIZE TOUR

BANSHEE TREE (11/19), 2 SETS OF LIL SMOKIES + SET BREAK BINGO (11/20)

FRI. NOV 26 - SAT. NOV 27

SUN. NOV 21

TREVOR HALL

105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND PRESENTS

THU. DEC 2

DIRT MONKEY

THE LIL SMOKIES

RAVENSCOON, SIPPY 97.3 KBCO PRESENTS

HEARTLESS BASTARDS

ROBERT GLASPER + CORY HENRY

SAT. NOV 27

SHAKEDOWN STREET

THU. DEC 9

CHVRCHES

FRI. DEC 10

SPECIAL GUEST DONNA MISSAL

PARTY GURU PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

BLUNTS & BLONDES

SAT. DEC 11 13TH ANNUAL

TRACY BUNDY’S ACOUSTIC HOLIDAY

HOME ALONE TOUR

PROF

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GLEN PHILLIPS OF TOAD THE WET SPROCKET TUE. DEC 14

THU. DEC 16

88.5 KGNU PRESENTS: CHRISTMAS IN HAWAII

KINGS OF PRUSSIA + TUMBLEDOWN SHACK FRI. DEC 17

Friday, October 29

Griz. 7 p.m.

1STBANK Center,

97.3 KBCO & WESTWORD PRESENT: 17TH ANNUAL

FRI. NOV 19 & SAT. NOV 20

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Thursday, October 28

Blackberry Smoke with The Allman Betts Band and The Wild Feathers.

6 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison. Tickets: $35-$125.

Gorgon City with Special Guest John Summit, PAX. 7 p.m. Mission

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Lionel Young.

7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder. Suggested $15 cover.

Ween. 7 p.m.

Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop Tickets: $55. 311.

8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th Street, Boulder. Tickets: $69.50-$75 Getter with Brazen, Krushendo. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street, Boulder. Tickets: $25-$30.

TOKiMONSTA with Soul Clap, Life On Planets. 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Avenue, Denver. Tickets: $19.99-$29.

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EVENTS Saturday, October 30

Boulder Philharmonic: The Art of Jazz. 4 p.m. Mountain View United Methodist Church 355 Ponca Place, Boulder. Tickets: $40.

Max Mackey Band. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt Street, Longmont. Free.

Flatbush Zombies with Earl Sweatshirt, Young MA, Reason, Teezo Touchdown, Nyck Caution. 6:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison. Tickets: $49.95.

Griz. day pass: $150.

The Mighty Twisters Halloween Bash. way, Boulder. Suggested $15 cover.

Migos Halloween Ting concert with Jacquees & BLXST. 7 p.m. CU Events Center, 950 Regent Drive, Boulder. Tickets: $99.

Ween. $55. 311 with DENM. Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Avenue, Denver. Tickets: The Motet. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street, Boulder. Tickets: Satsang with Tim Snider and Wolfgang Timber. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th

Sunday, October 31

Ananda Yogiji. 2 p.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center, 2855 Folsom Griz. day pass: $150. $uicideboy$ with slowthai, Turnstile, Night Lovell, Germ, Shakewell, Ramirez, CHETTA. 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison. Tickets: $59.95.

Ween. 7 p.m. Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop Street, Denver. Tickets: $55.

Rival Sons with Ida Mae, Jameson Burt. 8 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Avenue, Denver. Tickets: $30.

Whethan. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street,Boulder. Tickets: Justin Martin. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th Street, Boulder. Tickets:

Tuesday, November 2

Yung Gravy. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street, Boulder. Tickets:

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LIBRA

MARCH 21-APRIL 19: Aries philosopher Emil Cioran wrote,

“When I meet friends or people I know who are going through a difficult period, I usually have this advice for them: ‘Spend 20 minutes in a cemetery, and you’ll see that, though your worry won’t disappear, you’ll almost forget about it and you’ll feel better.’” I don’t think you’re weathering a terribly difficult phase right now, Aries, but you may be dealing with more riddles and doubts and perplexities than you’re comfortable with. You could be feeling a bit darker and heavier than usual. And I think Cioran’s advice would provide you with the proper stimulation to transform your riddles and doubts and perplexities into clarity and grace and aplomb. If you can do Halloween without risk from COVID-19, here’s a costume suggestion: the spirit of a dead ancestor.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20: According to some spiritual teachers, desire interferes with our quest for illumination. It diverts us from what’s real and important. I know gurus who even go so far as to say that our yearnings deprive us of freedom; they entrap us and diminish us. I strongly disagree with all those ideas. I regard my longing as a primary fuel that energizes my drive to free myself from pain and nonsense. How about you, Taurus? In alignment with astrological omens, I authorize you to deepen and refine and celebrate the yearning in your heart. Your title/nickname could be: 1.

Yearning Champion. 2. Desire Virtuoso. 3. Connoisseur of Longing.

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20: Author Jessamyn West confessed, “I am

always jumping into the sausage grinder and deciding, even before I’m half ground, that I don’t want to be a sausage after all.” I offer her testimony as a cautionary tale, Gemini. There’s no astrological reason, no cosmic necessity, that decrees you must become like a sausage anytime soon. Such a fate can be easily avoided. All you must do is commit yourself to not jumping into the sausage grinder. Also: In every way you can imagine, don’t be like a sausage. (To meditate on sausage-ness, read the Wikipedia entry: tinyurl.com/SausageMetaphor)

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22: Our fellow Cancerian, author Franz Kafka, told us, “It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.” And yes, some of us Crabs go through phases when we crave safety so much that we tolerate, even welcome, being in chains. But the fact is that you’re far more likely to be safe if you are free, not in chains. And according to my reading of the astrological omens, that’s extra true for you now. If you can celebrate Halloween without risk from COVID-19, here are costume suggestions: runaway prisoner, escape artist, freedom fighter.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22: Some of us yearn for allies who can

act like saviors: rescue us from our demons and free us from our burdensome pasts and transform us into the beauties we want to become. On the other hand, some of us do all this hard work by ourselves: rescue ourselves from our demons and free ourselves from our burdensome pasts and transform ourselves into the beauties we want to become. I highly recommend the latter approach for you in the coming weeks, Leo. If you can do Halloween without risk from COVID-19, here is a costume suggestion: your own personal savior.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: “One of the reasons people are so unhappy is they don’t talk to themselves,” says author Elizabeth Gilbert. “You have to keep a conversation going with yourself throughout your life,” she continues, “to see how you’re doing, to keep your focus, to remain your own friend.” Now is a favorable time to try such an experiment, Virgo. And if you already have skill in the art of carrying on a vibrant dialog with yourself, now is a perfect moment to upgrade and refine it. Try this experiment: Imagine having a conversation with the Future You.

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SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: “In the absence of willpower, the most complete collection of virtues and talents is worthless.” Libran occultist Aleister Crowley wrote that, and I agree. But let’s phrase his idea more positively: To make full use of your virtues and talents, you must develop a strong willpower.

And here’s the good news, Libra: The coming weeks will be a favorable time to cultivate your willpower, along with the assets that bolster it, like discipline, self-control, and concentration. If you can do Halloween without risk from COVID-19, here are accessories I recommend for you to carry with you, no matter what your costume is: a wand, a symbolic lightning bolt, an ankh, an arrow, a Shiva lingam stone or crystal.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: Mardi Gras is a boisterous festival that happens every February all over the planet. One hotspot is New Orleans. The streets there are filled with costumed revelers who enjoy acting in ways that diverge from their customary behavior. If you want to ride on a float in the parade that snakes down Royal Street, you must, by law, wear a festive mask. I invite all of you Scorpios to engage in similar festivities for the next three weeks—even if you’re not doing much socializing or partying. It’s a favorable time to experiment with a variety of alternate identities. Would you consider adopting a different persona or two? How could you have fun playing around with your self-image?

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NOV. 22-DEC. 21: Jungian psychotherapist and storyteller Clarissa Pinkola Estés reminds us, “In fairy tales, tears change people, remind them of what is important, and save their very souls.” I hope you’re open to the possibility of crying epic, cathartic, catalytic tears in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. According to my analysis, you have a prime opportunity to benefit from therapeutic weeping. It could chase your fears and cure your angst and revivify your soul. So please take advantage of this gift from life. Be like a superhero whose superpower is to generate healing by crying.

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DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Filmmaker Wim Wenders said, “Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes.” I’ll expand upon that: “Any experience, situation, influence, or person that supports the idea that things can be changed is great.” This is a useful and potentially inspiring theme for you to work with right now, Capricorn. In accordance with astrological rhythms, I hope you will be a connoisseur and instigator of beneficial, beautiful transformations.

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JAN. 20-FEB. 18: Fitness buff Jack LaLanne was still doing

his daily workout when he was 95. He was also famous for performing arduous feats. At age 65, for example, he swam a mile through Japan’s Lake Ashinoko while towing 65 boats filled with 6,500 pounds of wood pulp.

I think you’re currently capable of a metaphorically comparable effort, Aquarius. One way to do it is by mastering a psychological challenge that has previously seemed overwhelming. So meditate on where your extra strength would be best directed, and use it wisely! If you can do Halloween without risk from COVID-19, here are costume suggestions: fitness buff, bodybuilder, marathon runner, yoga master.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20: When birdwatchers describe a bird, they speak of its “jizz.” This term refers to the distinctive character of its habitual movements, flying style, posture, vocal mannerisms, and coloring. One aficionado defines jizz as the bird’s “indefinable quality,” or the “vibe it gives off.” I’ve got a theory that right now you’re as bird-like as you’ve ever been. You seem lighter and freer than usual, less bound to gravity and solemnity, and more likely to break into song. Your fears are subsiding because you have the confidence to leave any situation that’s weighing you down. If you can do Halloween without risk from COVID-19, here’s a costume suggestion: the bird that has your favorite kind of jizz.

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BY DAN SAVAGE Dear Dan: I’m a 33-year-old straight female, been with my husband for 10 years, was an extremely jealous person. Fortunately, I got it under control with lots of therapy. But once I did, I started having fantasies about him hooking up with other people. We incorporated these fantasies in the bedroom—as a fantasy—and it was insanely hot. Anyways, I had a baby a year ago. It took some time for my libido to come back, but she is back with a vengeance. I’m horny all the time. I’m so horny that when my husband mentioned that an old friend of his who lives in another city him to see if anything might come of it. With my blessing, he shared with her that I might be a cuckquean. (Sticking with “might” for now, as we’ve never actually done this.) She was coming to town for work. Having never actually done anything like this, I started to feel unsexy jealousy creeping back in. We decided that he wouldn’t do anything with her, just grab a quick drink. But she asked to have dinner with both of us instead. That changed the math and I between titillation and anxiety. Am I there to watch or participate? (I’m bi, so it’s not out of the question.) They’ve already got a rapport going and I’m insecure about feeling left out.

I’m writing because I don’t know how to process this cognitive dissonance. One minute I’m so excited about realizing this fantasy that I’m sneaking away to get myself off just thinking about it. The next minute I’m worrying about what will happen if I see him giving her more attention than he gives me. I don’t know how to make sense of what I’m feeling. Am I really a —Completely Confused Cuckquean Dear CCC: When I shared your letter with Venus, the host of the Venus Cuckoldress Podcast, she responded with three words and one exclamation point: “The elusive cuckquean!”

Cuckolding is a loving, consensual, “one-sided open relationship,” as Venus likes are men. It’s rare to encounter a cuckquean in the wild—that is, a woman who gets off on her husband or boyfriend sleeping with other women. I’ve received hundreds of letters over the years from men who wanted to be cuckolds (some gay, most straight or bi), but only a handful of letters from women like you, CCC. gem.

And what you describe—that feeling of arousal and dread, titillation and anxiety—is so common among wannabe and even practicing cucks that Venus gave it a name (and a whole segment of her podcast): cuck angst.

“That emotional angst comes with a beautifully complex cuckolding relationship,” said Venus. “To be able to process and overcome

damaging jealousy and turn it into something highly erotic is truly an emotional feat. It’s something I admire so much about cuckolds and cuckqueans.”

While cuck angst can be confusing, CCC, it’s not disqualifying. If your angst is manageable and the rewards are worth the effort—and if your partner can help you manage it in an

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you want to realize your fantasies. But like, say, bungee jumping, CCC, it’s still gonna be scary.

“One minute it can feel great and the next minute it can feel terrifying,” said Venus. “But your partner plays a big role in providing reassurance and support for you during all of this.

I know of a wife who wrote a thoughtful letter encounter with another man. It was for him to read if his cuck angst became overwhelming, and it turned out to be exactly what he needed at that moment. He was able to work through the anxiety and make room for the excitement and thrill of thinking about his wife with another man.”

The partner of a cuck has to strike a tricky balance. You’re going to need your husband to acknowledge your insecurities and offer reassurances to minimize them, CCC, but you don’t want those insecurities to disappear. For most cucks, eroticized insecurities are at the heart of the cuckolding/cuckqueaning kink—no insecurities, no thrills. And while this can sound like a lot of effort to someone who doesn’t share this kink (or have a kink that requires emotional prep and aftercare), the rewards— the experiences you’ll share, the connections you’ll make, the orgasms you’ll have—can be great.

“But be prepared for some ups and downs,” warned Venus, “because cuckolding is truly an emotional rollercoaster.”

And please—please, please, please— just because this particular woman happens to be in town this particular weekend. “Taking things slow is the key to success,” said Venus. “There’s always room to move forward wards due to jumping into things too quickly is never easy.”

It’s not easy to bounce back from a bad threesome that accidentally triggered feelings experience with cuckolding—where one person typically wants to be made to feel jealous and/or inadequate—can destroy a relationship.

Learning where the line is between “good/ bad” feelings (sexy jealousy) and “bad/bad” feelings (unsexy jealousy) takes time and not just good communication, CCC, but excessive communication.

Follow Venus on Twitter @CuckoldressV and check out her personals site for men and women seeking cuckold relationships at www.venusconnections.com.

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Your vice is a locked room and only I have the key A slashing good time in ‘Last Night in Soho’

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loise (Thomasin McKenzie) lives for the 1960s. The clothes she wears, the music she listens to, even the movie posters on her bedroom wall scream Swingin’ Sixties. That’s when style mattered, when London was the center of the universe, and the era Eloise— or Ellie or Elle—fancies most.

Eloise is trying on those two nicknames to see how they

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know why yet, but stage names are important: They protect the real you from the you others want to see. And Eloise could use a little protection.

She’s off to be a designer at London’s Arts University in the West End. Back in the ’60s, this was a dodgy part of town replete with sultry singers and sex clubs. Today, it’s a of the past will sometimes rattle in the present. “This is London, dearie,” Eloise’s landlord tells her, “There isn’t a corner of this city where someone hasn’t died or been killed.”

That’s Miss Collins (the late, great Diana Rigg), and her boarding house is the stuff of dreams. Eloise rents out the white, and blue neon sign for the French bistro next door.

Director Edgar Wright dedicates Last Night in Soho to Rigg, all and then some. The Swingin’ Sixties only swung for one gender, and it wasn’t hers. Eloise doesn’t know that yet.

Nor does the blond chanteuse (Anya Taylor-Joy) that keeps it Alexa? Alexandra? Alex? They’re all such lovely names.

That last sentence will make you shudder once you watch Last Night in Soho—a monster movie where the monsters are men, the violence is sexual, and the nightmare is real. That might not sound like a fun time at the multiplex, but Wright and co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns manage to make their dual tale of women-in-danger simultaneously repulsive and attractive. And, for added measure, they implicate the audience in the process.

Soho is steeped in the slasher genre, and Wright and Wilson-Cairns put a new spin on an old tune with some very creepy images, not to mention loads of rock ’n’ roll. Soho opens so serenely—Eloise, the picture of wide-eyed innocence in a cupcake dress fashioned out of newspapers dancing to pop music—and with such love for the past, you’d be forgiven for thinking Soho is another movie choked with nostalgia. It’s not. The connection between Eloise in the 21st century and Sandy in the 20th is far from arbitrary.

Even better, Soho is not a movie on stable ground. Eloise’s mother died when she was young. Mum wasn’t mentally well, and there are hints that Eloise might suffer a similar fate. That could sound like a shortcut in the wrong context, but here, mental fracture lays a believable groundwork for ability to reveal clues to the audience just a beat before the characters catch on. It allows him to build suspense alongside surprise, which isn’t easy but something he does quite well—that, and creepiness, and Soho has plenty.

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Nightmare on Gourmet Street Celebrated chefs and food experts confess their secret, sugar-riddled Halloween candy cravings

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hefs dressed in their whites and apron cut imposing figures as they glide through restaurant dining areas. They happily talk about complex cooking techniques, wine pairing, and heirloom ingredients. We naturally assume these culinary professionals have much higher food standards than mere munching mortals.

However, at least when it comes to candy, that ain’t necessarily so. We recently asked local chefs, bakers, and food professionals to share their Halloween candy memories and whether they still craved those commercial sweets.

Their candy confessions and rants reveal that at least some culinary pros still have the taste buds of a nine-yearold kid.

Jeff Osaka, chef/owner, Empire Restaurant and Lounge, Louisville (and Sushi-Rama and Osaka Ramen restaurants) “I love candy. I have such a sweet tooth. Growing up in South Los Angeles 90 percent of the houses in the neighborhood had their lights on and we had those lousy flammable costumes. I liked candy corn and Sweet Tarts. I’m a fan of peanut butter so I liked Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups—the big ones. My taste hasn’t changed that much. It’s a little embarrassing. If I snack now, it’s on Sour Patch Kids, gummy bears or Swedish Fish.”

Aaron Lande, chef/caterer, Boulder “I was and still am partial to Swedish Fish and other red gummy stuff. I never understood why there were green ones. Lime gummies are awful and only used to punish children. I’m also a big fan of Nestle Crunch bars. Candy corn? What the !@#$? You made candy to look like a vegetable? To the guy who used to give us apples on Halloween: What’s wrong with you?!? You think it’s funny to make little kids cry?”

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Janet Johnston, co-founder of Savory Spice Shops “My favorite candy during Halloween was and still is candy corn. When I was young, I very carefully bit each colored section off one at a time. First the white tip, then the orange and then I would leave the yellow part until I had a whole pile of what looked like real corn kernels. Worst candy to get? Peppermint LifeSavers. They couldn’t be candy if Mom always had them in her purse!”

Rob Corey, Seasoned—An American Bistro, Estes Park “I craved, desired, and secreted away in several hiding spots, all the candies, any candies. Sugar was my super hero drug. When it wasn’t Halloween, Twinkies were the sought-after substitute. Fast forward several decades and I only crave organic dried mangoes.”

Dakota Soifer, chef/owner, Cafe Aion and Brasserie Boulder “Growing up in rural Maine with healthy hippie parents, Halloween candies were not a part of my childhood. We didn’t even go trick or treating. Now, I just loot my daughter’s candy stash (3 Musketeers!). However, as she’s a teenager and too cool for trick or treating, I don’t really get any. I could go to the store and buy myself candy. That would be kinda sad, right?”

John Hinman, owner, Hinman Pies, Denver “Growing up in Rome, New York, we would always haul in a pillow case and half of candy on Halloween. We even went back to the same houses twice. My favorites were tart and sweet – Bottle Caps, Lik-M-Aid and Smarties. I wasn’t into chocolate so much, except for Tootsie Rolls and 3 Musketeers. I’m still good for a bag of Sour Patch Kids a week.”

Ian Kleinman, Inventing Room Dessert Shop, Denver “I have a sweet tooth that rivals small children so there is not a candy I won’t try and enjoy. Halloween was the only holiday when my addiction was okay. My least favorite candies are hard candies like Jolly Ranchers—they take way too long to eat. I have to keep the candy intake timing on high for maximum enjoyment.”

Nancy Coppom, interim director, Boulder Farmers Market “My favorite candy by far was a 3 Musketeers bar—that light, fluffy filling covered in milk chocolate. Candy corn was also very welcome. I can still picture the glass candy jar that held those tri-colored bites of deliciousness! I was always trying to decide which color of the ‘corn’ tasted the best!”

Alec Schuler, Chef-owner, Tangerine Restaurants “In the days of yore, I would say Snickers was my favorite. This may be dull, but here’s my truth: I no longer eat candy—not since the early 1990’s. I removed it from my desire and memories. I especially did not like hard candy.

Something about sucking on sugar for so long seemed not good for my teeth.”

Ted Steen, co-founder, Pastaficio, Boulder “Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Snickers were my favorites. I did not like Almond Joy at all and would pass them to my dad. My taste buds have evolved to appreciate less artificial and processed flavors. Justin’s Peanut Butter Cups and Tony’s Chocolonely have become new favorites.”

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Boulder’s Frescos took first place from the judges at Naturally Boulder’s Pitch Slam Shark Tank-style event on October 21. The company will receive extensive support to take their refreshing Guatemalan-inspired soft drinks to a national audience . . . The eateries formerly located at University Avenue and Broadway are starting to reappear. Tra Lings and You and Mee have relocated to 2850 Iris Avenue in the mall. Formosa Bakery & Kitchen has reopened at 4920 Pearl St., Unit C. Takeout and delivery with online ordering will be available.

Words to chew on

“You can’t have a proper funeral without food. When someone dies, the food, the spread, the feast has to be right so people will say, ‘She had a proper send-off.’ Otherwise, they’ll talk bad about it.”—Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, culinary anthropologist John Lehndorff likes Payday, NECCO Wafers, Skybar, Jujyfruits, Goetze’s Caramel Creams, Junior Mints, British Smarties and Sugar Babies. He host Radio Nibbles at 8:20 a.m. on KGNU (kgnu.org)

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What to drink with what you eat, Halloween edition Beer and candy pairings for the holiday

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eer and candy? You better believe it. We’ve told you time and time again that beer goes with everything. Appetizers, main courses, sides, dessert—if you can eat it, there’s a beer out there to help you wash it down. made, local chocolates and sweet treats, it also includes store-bought, mass-produced candy handed whether you plan on raiding your kids’ haul or will take Boulder County beers you should have on hand for the sugar rush.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Liquid Mechanics Brewing’s Peanut Butter Porter According to candystore.com—an online outlet

with sweet strawberries, creamy lactose, and rich Madagascar vanilla beans. If you thought the Belgian quad and Peanut M&Ms pairing wasn’t decadent enough, then here’s the two for you.

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determine the top sellers—Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups reign supreme as the nation’s favorite candy.

No surprise here, nor is the obvious pairing of Liquid Mechanics’ Peanut Butter Porter. It even sniffs like a

the paint off of the wall and open every damn pore in your face.

That may not sound pleasant, but dear reader, you’ve never felt quite as alive as you do drinking this nuclear wheat ale.

The best way to make your way

Skittles and Crystal Springs Brewing’s Blood Orange Kölsch

an additional beer, Homeslice Cucumber Kölsch is the way to

it is. With lemon, lime, strawberry, grape, and orange

the red cinnamon and white sugar of Hot Tamales coat

body to back up all that sugar. Kölsch gets the job

whistle, and you won’t have to worry about any gooey gunk stuck in your gums.

Sour Patch Kids and Upslope Brewing’s Citra Pale Ale They’re chewy, gooey, fruity, sweet, and tart.

cherries.

M&M’s and 12Degree Brewing’s Midnight Fog Belgian ale and a handful of M&Ms is a match gian-style quadruple dark as molasses with the taste to match. We’re talking loads of chocolate, coffee, and brown sugar. Live a little and enjoy with a bag of Peanut M&Ms. Rare are the moments this good.

Starburst and Knotted Root Brewing’s Thick Strawberry Goo square that just begs for a glass of Knotted Root’s smoothie-style Berliner Weisse, which comes loaded

the cheeks and gums with hoppy goodness. Together, they’ll make your taste buds sing.

Hershey’s Kisses and Left Hand Brewing’s Nitro Milk Stout According to candystore.com, the most popular candy in Colorado is the Hershey Kiss: Beautiful teardrops of milk chocolate and nothing else. Unwrap a dozen and shovel them in between sips of Left Hand’s creamy, sweet, and roasty milk stout, and you’ll want for nothing.

Snickers and Wibby’s Moondoor Dunkel

Nougat, caramel, and peanuts wrapped in milk chocolate—sounds like a job for velvety chocolate malt wrapped in mouth-watering hop bitterness. And the Tootsie Pops and Oskar Blues Brewery’s G’Knight start with; they all end in a sticky, gooey clump on your malty red hop bomb. Bitter enough to obliterate the Tootsie Roll, sweet enough to play nice with the candy shell.

Candy Corn and Odd13 Brewing’s Hoperella There are those who love Candy Corn and those on orangey aromas and flavors, a rounded mouth, and plenty of hoppy prickle is the way to go. Many hop-bursting IPAs will do, but Hoperella holds its own against all comers.

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oxie Bread Co.’s Seeded Dark Rye isn’t for everyone, or even necessarily for those who love rye bread or marble rye for sandwiches like reubens. This rye is a heavyweight contender from the German brod lineage. Yes, it’s a sourdough bread,

pumpkin seeds, resulting in darker, much denser, and chewier slices.

It’s perfect for those hip and healthy avocado and hummus toasts. lots of extra time in the toaster. I love it saturated in butter and local Besides the original Louisville location, Moxie Bread Co. now has shops in North Boulder and Lyons.

Another roadfood attraction

The great American culinary pioneer James Beard once stated the truism that “Too few people understand a really good sandwich.”

You can’t just throw anything and everything between two slices and call it a sandwich. There are a handful of simple sandwiches have stood the test of time and don’t need to be tweaked. It’s worth a short trek to appreciate a classical composition, The Old Amsterdam sandwich served at Dubbel Dutch, 4974 Lowell Blvd. in northwest Denver.

Opened by Netherlands-born guitarist and singer Eef Tulp, Dubbel Dutch may be the only strictly Dutch shop in Colorado. She spreads a crusty, chewy Trompeau Bakery baguette very generously with butter. Slices of hard-boiled egg and aged Dutch gouda cheese are layered on along with sliced tomatoes, cucumber, and lettuce. The Old Amsterdam is a thoroughly satisfying variation on the all-American egg salad sandwich theme.

Do some holiday shopping while you’re at Dubbel Dutch. The tiny, takeout-only spot boasts the best local assortment of Dutch cheeses and distinctive cooking, baking and grocery items including holiday solid chocolate letters. The wide roster of jarred sweet to salty licorice is a heavenly sight for true black licorice lovers.

What to do with too many turnips

As you and the family start carving your annual pumpkins to put out and feed the burgeoning squirrel population, consider substituting turnips.

Back in the 19th century and early into the 20th century, jack o’ lanterns with a candle inside were usually made by carving turnips. Given the tiny size of today’s root veggies, the turnips back then must have been grown until they were gigantic.

Other than mashing them with butter, roasting rules with turnips, as well as rutabagas, kohlrabi, beets and large radishes, and carrots. Combine equal sized chunks of various peeled root vegetables with cut onions of various types and whole peeled garlic cloves. Toss them with lots of olive oil, salt and pepper and roast on a sheet or pie pan in a 425 degree oven. After 20 minutes stir them around and add more oil if needed.

Roast them another 30 minutes and add herbs like rosemary and thyme, toss and back in the oven for another 20 minutes. When you take them out depends on how you like them. My preference is for veggies that are crisp and caramelized outside and soft inside. This is an easy to make and reheat side dish for holiday feasts.

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ladder October 29 on the hill at Lafayette’s Acreage. Poncho-wrapped contestants will try to capture as much of that cider into a standard pint glass. Wind may complicate the attempt.

ABOVE: Moxie Bread Co.’s Seeded dark rye loaf; LEFT: Stem Cider will be poured from the top of this 110-foot October 29.

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Unraveling cannabinoids, together

CSU’s new Panacea Life Sciences Research Center works on the edge of cannabinoid science, drawing students from all disciplines

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annabis has over 120 known cannabinoids—but the only ones we know much of anything about are the two most abundant: THC and CBD (and even concerning those, our knowledge is limited). The other 118-plus molecules are less abundant and far more mysterious, and some hypothesize that each one might science catches up to determine what those might be, any medicinal claims about these cannabinoids are purely anecdotal.

Melissa Reynolds, the Panacea Life Sciences Cannabinoid Research Center lab director. “When you get an area that’s new and you have the vision to really progress it in a fast way like Leslie [Buttorff] does, it brings more and more people in.” binoid company Panacea Life Sciences. She founded the company after her mother broke her hip and Buttorff wantmanage her pain. She turned to hemp and CBD. And she was so impressed by the plant product’s SHUTTERSTOCK potential to treat patients like her mother, she started her own company, and named remedies: Panacea.

The reason CSU’s new research center is named after Buttorff’s company is because it wouldn’t exist without her. In 2019 she donated $1.5 million to CSU to

That’s a wide open space for researchers to start exploring. And Colorado State University’s new Panacea Life Sciences Research Center was built, designed, equipped, “This idea of being able to use cannabinoids to treat a range of different diseases, both in animals and humans is outstanding, impressive, and really cutting-edge,” says

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study the many different cannabinoids, to unlock an understanding of their different medical uses in human medicine as well as in veterinary medicine.

“Hemp and marijuana plants were used for a lot of different ailments and cures back in the early 1900s,” Buttorff says. But unfortunately, the government made the substance illegal and launched a propaganda campaign against it (with help from William Randolph Hearst, DuPont and others).

“You think of that suppression that happened back then and I always wonder what could have happened,” she continues. “There was a lot of hemp being used for cures back then and it was just squashed.”

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Reynolds explains that the research center already has some 15 different active projects underway. From streamlining cannabinoid separation processes to studying different delivery methods and uses for humans and animals, they’re researching how to create toxin- and pesticide-free cannabinoid solutions, and testing lower-abundance cannabinoids different biological areas.

“Then we have another joint study, with several different groups really looking at bowel syndromes and problems,” Reynolds says. “This is one that we just started a couple of months ago, and we’re moving very quickly into trials with humans.” different cannabinoids might affect Alzheimer’s and anxiety in canines. This, Reynolds says, should be directly applicable to humans. “Those translational aspects are very, very exciting,” she says.

Buttorf also believes that the new research center will contribute to cross-collaboration between different branches “I really like it because it gets a lot of different types of students involved,” Buttorrff says. They’ve got students from the agricultural department, the veterinary department, the medical department, the psychology department and the business department all participating in different aspects of different projects. “Almost every single department at CSU could be involved,” Buttorf says.

That is inspiring to Reynolds, as well. This research working on the edge of a new frontier of science: unraveling the many mysteries of the cannabis plant’s numerous cannabinoids, a unique opportunity for any college student.

“It’s really a connection across all disciplines,” Reynolds says of the research center’s work. “That’s one of the reasons why I got involved was this notion of being able to impact students and let them be a part of these new discoveries.”

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