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he space-time continuum seemed to warp this past year, contracting and elongating: While the post-election, pre-insurrection days when election truthers seemed crazy but not necessarily dangerous seem like forever ago, it also feels like just a few weeks ago we marked by viruses and a president bent on destroying our democracy.

But now, as some of us retreat to our bubbles in the face of omicron, as half of Congress is desperately trying to protect election integrity from the other half, while a Democratic senoptimism can feel in short supply. third week of March here in Boulder when ten of our neighbors were senselessly murdered in a mass shooting. that “adversity does not build character, it reveals it.”

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Boulder Weekly writers (and our fearless leader, founder in our final installment of the year, and what’s remarkable is the optimism that remains. Fear, confusion, grief, and loneliness are overcome by the sheer humanity of our communities, the people we depend on and the people who depend on us. be honored if you’d share them with us by emailing letters@ boulderweekly.com.

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t’s often said that “every cloud has a silver lining.” This ubiquitous expression is typically rolled out in the spirit of putting a positive spin on a negative experience, and for the past 20 months we’ve all been trying to locate the “silver lining” buried within the cloud of COVID.

ten employing innovative strategies and abandoning wasteful practices. And out of the shadow of increased isolation, us in the direction of new ways to stay connected, and a deeper commitment to community. lining with “a touch of grey,” from the Grateful Dead’s September 1987 hit tune. I have spent the COVID-19 pandemic be published in the coming year. see REFLECTIONS Page 8

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in Grateful Dead History) and focuses on a particular lyric from the concert of the week, I have been engaged in a deep dive into the life lessons I have learned during my journey. The range of subjects varies from the often deceptive stories we tell ourselves to the importance of gratitude, with stops along the way to explore topics like addiction, education, psychedelics, aging, honesty, free will, risk, and the plain nonsense of “violin rivers” and “left-hand monkey wrenches.” Throughout, The Deadhead Cyclist lays out a set of principles to live by that celebrates life and its ups and downs in a unique way.

The excerpt from The Deadhead Cyclist shared below tells the story of Jerry the song, “Touch of Grey,” with nary a dry eye in the house. The climactic roar from anthemic lyric—“I will survive”—foreshadows the one waiting for humanity at the end the moment.

If you can’t wait for the book to come out after reading this preview, feel free to visit deadheadcyclist.com for more “life lessons on two wheels, to the tunes of the Grateful Dead.”

We will survive

The irony is inescapable. The very song that became nothing less than an anthem for the entire Grateful Dead community also represented the beginning of the end for the band. “Touch of Grey” reached the ninth spot on the Billboard

Either as a direct result or as one of the most striking coincidences in rock music history, the Grateful Dead generated more than $300 million in ticket sales during the

million in ticket sales. midway through the year, Jerry Garcia’s chronic exhaustion became fatal. Rarely is it but looking back as someone who was there, it seems clear that the document was T.W.I.G.D.H.

coma, and the energy in the sold-out arena was uncommonly euphoric as the band

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tuned up and Jerry’s signature noodling scales reverberated throughout the hall, nothing could have prepared us for the heightened emotions we were about to experience.

In hindsight, we should have seen “Touch of Grey” coming. We might have mistakable “I’m just so damn glad to be alive” smile on his face throughout the opening song. But there’s no way anybody could have predicted the absolutely overwhelming survive.” That was the moment of all moments in Grateful Dead history, for better and for worse.

There literally wasn’t a dry eye in the house. But in reliving the experience, it’s hard to say whether we were crying tears of relief for having dodged the fateful bullet we had been living in fear of, or because we knew—knew—in that most intuitive place become a sacred ritual for so many of us. an undeniable touch of grey: spectacular, non-intimate stadium shows; new challenges in obtaining tickets, getting to and from the venues, and dealing with huge crowds; and l

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having his very life sucked out of him, song by song, solo by solo.

What was once a manageable touch of grey grew over the course of those nine years into an uncontrollable, destructive hurricane. And in the process of being the leader of a band that had become the biggest act in the music business, our beloved Jerry wound up abandoning the second chance he was granted on that unforgettable evening in December, 1986. The new lease on life the band, the Grateful Dead community and, most importantly, Jerry himself had been gifted with proved to be short lived.

Instead of returning to his blessed life as a brilliant musician in a way that honored his unique needs as someone who was vulnerable to some serious health issues, Jerry Garcia became consumed by a lifestyle that was, shall we say, contraindicated, for someone with his medical history. And, of course, during the summer of ’95, in the ultimate touch of grey, Jerry’s body gave out, leaving us to “get by” and “survive” without him.

During the ensuing years, the music of the Grateful Dead, if not the band itself, did indeed survive. And how! There were countless cover bands, including several that included some or all of the remaining original members of the band, keeping

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The 1983 movie The Big Chill begins with the funeral of “Alex,” who has committed suicide. Among the attendees is Michael Gold, played by Jeff Goldblum. At one point, Michael comments, “Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can’t come.” That’s how it felt at the “Fare Thee Well” shows, as I watched a never-ending sequence of Jerry Garcia photos projected on the giant

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Well, there was something about Jerry Garcia that was too good for this world.

That was as obvious in his presence on December 15, 1986 as it was in his absence on June 27, 2015. And what is equally obvious is that, thanks to Jerry, “we will survive.”

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Truth follows

A professional reckoning in the wake of tragedy

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woman wept at the corner of Table Mesa and Harvard Lane, and all I could do was put my hand on her shoulder.

I should have asked her name, if she’d be willing to talk in the future, gotten her contact information, but all I wanted to do at that moment was comfort her . . . and myself.

She said she was inside when the shooting began and ran out of the grocery store to save herself, but in between sobs she mourned not saving others. I assured her there was nothing she could have done, but I knew the words rang hollow—not because I didn’t mean them, but because nothing meant anything. I had a feeling words would be meaningless for quite some time—for myself, for this stranger.

It felt like less than a minute passed before the woman and I were surrounded by camera crews, her tears a beacon to reporters looking for sound bites.

I backed away as reporters crowded in, asked politely if they could talk, gently pushed mics in her face, positioned cameras to capture her in front of the store, now surrounded in yellow caution tape.

I backed away further and wondered what kind of reporter I am.

I’ve wondered that a lot over the years: What kind of journalist am I? On March 22, I found that I’m not the kind who can ask a stranger to tell me about the worst moment of their life two hours after it happened.

But I knew that already. I’ve never wanted to be a crime reporter, or a war correspondent.

Still, that day sent me into professional reckoning: If words are meaningless, like they felt in that moment, what’s the point of my job? If I can’t rise to this moment, what am I doing?

I’d watched the event unfold from the glass door of Boulder Weekly just across from the upper lot of Table Mesa Shopping Center. My coworker and I were just about to trek across the street for our daily 2 p.m. coffee when our publisher told us there were reports of an active shooter at King Soopers. So we waited. And watched. First there were Boulder police, then Jefferson County Sheriff’s cars, then Weld, and Larimer. For an hour the scene escalated: more

journalist, the hard-nosed, Bob Woodward type, the daily reporter who follows the police scanner and puts the mic in a survivor’s face. But I can’t be what I’m not. I can’t fake it. I have to move slower, to come at things from a different angle.

Still, I had to bear witness, even if it was just for myself. My cowork-

teams, helicopters, news vans. They made hard left turns into the upper

I thought about words for weeks afterwards. Of course they aren’t meaningless. We are creatures enamored by stories—real ones, made-up ones. We are driven by narrative, which is what makes it so useful . . . and so goddamn dangerous. Some of us have to help tell the stories: of the survivors, of the dead, of the perpetrator. Others of us can tell stories more removed from the moment, of the artists who help us process our collective grief, of the therapists who provide free services in the months afterwards, of the reporters tasked with covering tragedies like this over and over and over through their careers. It’s all a part of history, no one part more important than the other. The only requirements are compassion and humility. Truth always follows compassion and humility.

But words do feel meaningless when we are forced to repeat them over and over, as we do with mass shootings in the U.S. It doesn’t mean we stop saying the words, but it’s important to acknowledge how hollow it all feels in the face of violent death.

I don’t regret not getting that woman’s name. I only regret that I couldn’t hug her.

in every direction leading to the store. Emergency vehicles and satellite vans parked in every open space, lining the strip of Broadway in front of Boulder Weekly, taking over the gas station at the corner, spilling down into Lashley Lane.

And I watched. And edited the special “Kids Camp” issue that was due to the printer by 4 p.m. rapher was streaming from the scene. I shuddered thinking of people seeing the crumpled forms of their loved ones this way, and wondered My heart screamed that it wasn’t.

I thought about the coverage that would pour out in the days and weeks to come, and was thankful for the journalists manning police scanners and helicopter feeds that kept us all connected with the reality of a surreal moment.

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by Emma Athena

A year in three tracks

Notes on feeling music for the first time

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LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF” (AMBAR LUCID) She enters with just the bright, plucky guitar and when she leaves, she does the same—but in between the arrival and the exit (in the two minutes and thirty-eight seconds she guides the sound through you), she adds her voice; she’s reading a letter: I promise all of this is not gonna la-a-st / Trust me, I know.

I roll down the window, the hot-dry California wind hits my face; we’re zooming through a forest of golden grass and dark-green pines approaching the eastern border. It’s August and we’re leaving the state, my birthplace, enveloped in smoke, not sure when we’ll be back.

Ya no quiero que llores. A choir of light, airy voices joins her, the bilingual folky-urban singer-songwriter, and together they croon: The (I don’t want you to cry anymore / The universe is gonna ).

We cross the divide, drive between black-molten slopes across western Nevada, burnt matchsticks for trees; we drive through martian deserts, pass signs for lava beds, skirt barren farmland; we drive, we drive, we drive, we

An upbeat piano-trumpet combo surges, a clap joining every other beat: Resilient little thing just like mama made you. I begin to bop, begin to clap, begin to loosen my bones and shake my limbs. No one needs to save you. / Ah-na-na, ah-na-na, ah-na-na. And that’s how I move down the street, bouncing, shimmying shit loose, letting it all “ALGO QUE YA” (TU OTRA BONITA) On the balcony I’m sitting in a matted red-velvet chair, peering down at the musicians’ stage: two men, seated on wooden stools, holding acoustic guitars, one with dirty-blond boy-band curls, the other’s

still standing under the searing sun.

I put the song on repeat: Quítate ese miedo / You’ll be a lot more trust me, yo te entiendo (Shed [take off] that fear / You’ll be a lot more, I understand you). And as the bright, plucky guitar snakes its way through me again and again and hard right now / But I promise you’ll be alright.

And so we move: with and beyond climate doom: onward, eyes open, navigating this great western expanse.

“SUPERBLOOM” (MISTERWIVES) At home I hook the leash to my dog’s collar and we head out the door. It’s March and all the leftover snow sits in dirty, crusty piles. In a life-changing week, another metamorphic moment arrives: I put in headphones, let my dog guide me down the street, and I begin to shake.

I’d always been a podcast person, and for this I indict my parents: the dearth of music at home and, in the car, restricting our radio dial to KQED’s 88.5 FM or (cue young woman’s enthusiastic voice) “Disney AM 1310!” I’d never thought much of this; the voices in my ears, the stories, the news, the fun facts, they’ve kept me company forever.

Music never resonated the same way; curating my own sound style, I didn’t know where to start; maybe I was listening too hard, not feeling.

And then came March. Suddenly I couldn’t hear or listen to podcasts. The stories, the news, the facts: they poured into my ears, a brain, already too-full: already saturated with stories, sadheavy news, facts that shocked me, you, us. I’d spent three days interviewing victims of a machine-gun massacre at my local grocery store. Ten people died. Thousands more wounded if/when tallying emotional casualties. For 72 hours I’d sat with grieving mothers, neighbors, sisters, friends. I walled off my reaction, became a receptacle for theirs, did my job with my recorder, pen, and notepad. I asked my questions, recorded theirs.

When the national news cycle closed, I stood ringing in the vacuum’s echo, numbness wearing off, feelings growing louder. That’s when I take my dog outside, walk past the dirty Colorado snow, and for 12

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silky button-up halfway open. They start strumming, the curly-haired one sings: El pez que se muerde la cola—its locution rhythmic, with time gaining speed—El mal que el tiempo no sana ( its tail / The evil that time doesn’t heal).

Beyond the musicians’ spotlight it’s dark, and COVID-19 protocols mean no one is sitting next to me—for this I’m grateful—I’m grateful because behind my facemask there are tears.

Hot tears, heavy tears. They’d begun the day before, when the Black Hole appeared, a hollow in my chest carved slowly and then suddenly. I’m sitting in a crowd, in a city, and I’m lonely.

It’s November now; I’m in Mexico City, depressed, my sad feelings gaining velocity with each hour. I reach for my new tool: I buy a ticket to a concert without even knowing the musicians, and here I am, peering down on them from the matted balcony chair.

As they strum I feel my emotions welling, bigger and bigger, faster and faster. I can’t stop the crying so I stop trying, and as they sing and We hit the chorus, a repetitive mantra: Algo que ya / Algo que ya / Algo que ya no suena / Es un río que va / Un río que va / Río que agua no lleva (Something that no longer sounds . . . A river that carries no water): the audience joins in. The fervor grows, musicians and crowd together, in sync, clapping, stomping, singing, ramping up and up and up, emotional tenor soaring, approaching my velocity, the joyous and the sad traveling with the same force, two trains running on parallel tracks, reaching a vibrational crescendo—and it’s here that my heart peeks open its eyes, sees, feels, understands the familiar frequency of joy, reaches out a hand and makes contact across the space in between. l

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reflections Coming of age in an altered world

Young adulthood in the pandemic age

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n March of 2020 I was studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain with a group of friends, enjoying Europe in the way only a careless 21-year-old can.

We were out at a bar one night when suddenly someone pulled up a news clip on their phone of a national announcement back in the U.S. Trump was speaking on screen, explaining that within the next 48 hours the U.S. borders would close due to the dangers of COVID-19 and all Americans abroad must return home immediately. students were hysterically crying, parents were receiving frantic phone calls, and dreams of traveling and carefree adventures vanished in an instant.

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seems as if in the blink of an eye I woke up at the age of 23 a little There’s a peculiar sense of disbelief with the loss of time, It’s a time in which many individuals emerge from their parents homes and take the time to explore career paths, love interests, and personal development, but for almost a year and a half any sort of Now, many 20-something-year-olds, myself included, have graduated from our Zoom universities, lived in painful solitude, experienced unbelievable loss, competed for internships online, and tried became virtual in a way that we could never have anticipated, and Emerging from this time period that seems both monumental and simultaneously so forgettable, many of us questioning who we In this time of emerging adulthood many of us choose to seek new adventures, new beginnings, and new surroundings in an effort to Paulo Coelho may have said it best: “If you think adventure is For me, that adventure-seeking manifested as moving to was no job in sight, no family to see, and no guarantee that anything would work out, just a desperation to grasp onto and maintain that effortless carelessness that our twenties are supposed to consist of, Though daunting at times, it’s brought incredible exploits, new us all that nothing is guaranteed, so now is the time to take the risks we’ve always wanted to take, go on the adventures that always seemed insurmountable, and plan for a future that seems unplannaAs American psychologist Sheldon Kopp once said, “the unlived all, if online graduations, Zoom birthday parties, and at-home happy hours have taught us one thing, it’s that time is never guaranteed, so We will never get to repeat these years, so make sure they are

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Reading music

One critic’s take on the best music books of 2021

by Adam Perry

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or almost a decade, starting in 2008, I wrote an annual feature for Boulder Weekly detailing 10 great new albums for readers to check out.

Nowadays, with the popularity of Spotify, YouTube and other online outlets as 24/7, year-round ways to discover new music, a yearend music list seems downright ancient and useless. This year, as not just a pointer but also a gift-idea resource, I’m here to share some remarkable music books that were released in 2021.

Firstly, though, because 2020 was the year that seemed to last a decade and featured some amazing books you probably missed while you were, you know, trying to stay alive, I want to make sure to give a nod to Do What You Want. It put a magnifying glass to ential bands in American rock history—hardcore pioneers Bad Religion. Written by the band and Jim Ruland, Do What You Want is a rollicking tale of an ’80s underground success that made badass, empowering punk music and made guitarist Brett Gurewitz a millionaire many times over when Epitaph, the tiny label he started to put out Bad Religion records, scored massive mainstream hits by the Offspring and Rancid.

Read Do What You Want if you’re interested in a crucial 15-year period of punk-rock history, but—maybe more importantly—read it if you’re an aspiring musician who wants a precious roadmap to D.I.Y. success.

Levon, Sandra B. Tooze’s frontier-like trip through the fascinating life of Levon Helm and the Band, is another must-read from 2020 that you probably missed when you were worrying a certain fascistic dumbass would stay in office and a COVID-19 vaccine might never arrive.

As for 2021, I’m almost embarrassed to say this but the most entertaining book I’ve read this year is Nöthin’ But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the ’80s Hard Rock Explosion.

I’ve been a big fan of oral histories ever since 1996’s mighty Please Kill Me gave us all an x-ray of punk music all the way back to the Velvet Underground, and Nöthin’ But a Good Time does a similarly illuminating and addictive job of wrangling nearly every musician, manager and groupie associated with ’80s glam-rock and letting them tell the story of hair-metal in their own words.

Even if Nirvana thankfully did murder it, and

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even if you don’t want to admit that part of you loved it, the era of hair-metal owning MTV and pop radio did happen, people. We might as well have fun reading about it as a sort of a musical enema, and Nöthin’ But a Good Time has every wonderful, trashy, stupid detail you can imagine—told by the stupid and talented, or stupidly talented, real-life characters themselves, from David Lee Roth and Ozzy Osbourne to Bret Michaels and Dee Snider.

Similarly, Raising Hell—a 2020 book you probably missed—collects raucous and sometimes rancid backstage tales from heavy-metal heroes including Pantera’s Phil Anselmo, Anthrax’s Scott Ian and many others. It’s not a linear history of a genre but rather a filthy tornado through sex, violence, hotel carnage, drug abuse and a lot more—told by those who’ve lived it and somehow survived.

Enjoying books about music is not just about embracing tales of debauchery, of course, and longtime New Yorker and New York Times critic Kelefa Sanneh’s sprawling new Major Labels is the ultimate in intellectual, microscopic musical geekdom. If, like me, you take things “an inch wide and a mile deep” (as the saying goes) when you take an interest in them, you will adore Sanneh’s intricate exploration of seven musical genres and their journeys from approximately the late 1960s to the present. Sanneh is an incredible writer and researcher, and his life as an African American equally passionate about punk as he is about Diana Ross makes him a unique, brilliant choice to give an encyclopedic history of modern popular music.

Whereas Major Labels, released this fall, is Sanneh’s debut as an author, Bob Spitz’s 2021 opus Led Zeppelin is just the latest in the former Bruce Springsteen and Elton John manager’s literary cannonballs into the careers of music legends. Like Spitz’s successful efforts to leave no stone unturned in the researching of his now-classic biographies of Bob Dylan and the Beatles, the gorgeously written Led Zeppelin contains so much previously hidden history that even the most obsessive fan might feel overinformed after the 575th page about the band known for winning over virtually every fan and almost zero critics.

For a lighter read, the brisk, ebullient Chronicling Stankonia spinning tales of hip hop’s rise in the American south, with OutKast the chief protagonist. I read this on a plane with the group’s landmark Stankonia album on repeat and felt such a feverish interest and almost bashful astonishment that I still have the Frontier Airlines safety instructions jammed into my copy as a bookmark. Changes: An Oral History of Tupac is another relatively short, enlightening, fast-burning 2021 music book a hip-hop soundtrack blasting in your headphones.

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to”; it features a gigantic list of musical heavyweights, from Carlos Vives to Enrique Iglesias, telling the history of Latin music from 1970 through today. I’m Puerto Rico the day after Christmas.

Elsewhere, Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller has sold so many copies this year that I almost don’t want to mention it except to say that yes, I loved it and everyone who likes music and music history should read it as soon as possible.

I feel more inclined, however, to point you toward the amazing A History of Music For Children and David Schweitzer explaining the evolution of music from birds and ancient civilizations all the way to Billie Eilish. The beautifully written and illustrated book, which is smart enough to mention David’s harp and hip enough to link it to Leonard Cohen, is colorfully geared toward kids but every page is worth a read for music-curious adults, too.

Bandleader, drummer, DJ and podcaster Questlove’s sprightly Music Is History may have a cartoonish cover not unlike A History of Music’s, but don’t be fooled—it’s a highly personal, rebellious and eloquent plunge into one musical genius’ 50 years of fandom and sometimes Finally, if you’re looking for the perfect mixture of music history, hot-button opinions and salacious storytelling, pick up the outspoken Stevie Van Zandt’s new memoir Unrequited Infatuations.

The longtime Bruce Springsteen guitarist, actor (The Sopranos, The Irishman, etc.) and DJ is notoriously active on Twitter and Unrequited Infatuations gives him the space to tell the tale, not unlike Dave Grohl in The Storyteller, of a suburban kid who ended up being a veritable Forrest Gump of the entertainment industry, his talent and personality unexpectedly touching nearly every corner of the world. give yourself the gift of turning off your phone for a long while and digging into a book about music you love, or just music you’ve always wanted to know the last two years have been so overwhelming that you need to check out before checking one of these books out, self-titled album turns 30 years old and flip through elite rock photographer Ross Halfin’s stunning new hardcover The Black Album In Black & White.

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

New Year’s Dance

1-4 p.m. Saturday, January 1, Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, boulderdance.org/event/new-years-dance soulful space. Tickets are $40.

OK, I’m Mindful-Now What? with Andrew Holecek (virtual)

6-8 p.m. Wednesdays from January 5-March 9. Price: $200. Virtual Event URL: bit.ly/3FeDwDZ The mindfulness revolution is sweeping the globe, and has much to offer. But as important as mindfulness is, it is limited. This course offers a healthy critique of mindfulness, and a survey of the many meditations that transcend (but include) it. This course will introduce you to analytic meditation, metta, tonglen, open awareness, integral meditation, meditaWe will explore the many obstacles to meditation, including spiritual bypassing, escapism, spiritual materialism, and McMindfulness. Andrew Holecek is the author of many books and offers seminars internationally on meditation, lucid dreaming, and dream yoga.

YAW School-Day Off Camp: Mixed Media Explosion

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, January 3 and Tuesday, January 4, Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th Street, Boulder. Price: $85-$90, bmoca.org K-sixth graders can explore mixed media creativity using both 2D and 3D art materials. All materials are provided. educator.

Jesters Dinner Theatre presents ‘Little Women’

January 1-March 13. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main Street, Longmont, jesterstheatre.com Based on Louisa May Alcott’s life, Little Women follows the adventures of sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March. Adult dinner and show: $45-$48.

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December 30

Ravin’Wolf. 6 p.m.

Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt Street, Longmont

4242 Wynkoop Street, Denver. Tickets: $56-$110.50

My Morning Jacket with Neal Francis. 7 p.m. Mission Ballroom,

December 31

Crumb’s New Year’s Eve Boulder Bash with Ramakhandra. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street, Boulder. Tickets: $35-$39.50

January 1

Railroad Earth & The Dustbowl Revival. 7:30 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 N. Clarkson Street, Denver

BoomBox featuring The BackBeat Brass. 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax, Denver. TIckets: $37.50-45

My Morning Jacket with Neal Francis. 7 p.m. Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop Street, Denver. Tickets: $56-$110.50

Railroad Earth, Trout Steak Revival & Tierro Band. 7:30 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 N. Clarkson Street, Denver

NYW: Fi Sullivan + Who’s Calling with Jackie Disco + Parmajawn. 8 p.m.

Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer Street, Denver. Tickets: $9.99-$20

January 4

The Crystal Method with GODLAZER. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th Street, Boulder. Tickets: $25-$30 BoomBox featuring The BackBeat Brass. 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax, Denver. TIckets: $37.50-45

Punjahbae. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer Street, Denver. Tickets: $15

American Aquarium with Cody Canada & The Departed. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Avenue, Denver. Tickets: $25.75

January 6

Lexi Cline with Eden Danielle + Ally Westover. 7 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer Street, Denver. Tickets: $12

Lee Fields & The Expressions. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Avenue, Denver. Tickets: $39.75

Happy New Year 2021-2022 Louisville Underground, 640 Main Street, Louisville.

Price: $15-$28, thelouisvilleunderground.com

BOULDER WOW!’s New Year’s Eve Party

Party No. 1: 10 a.m.-noon; Party No. 2: 1 p.m. -3 p.m. WWW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Avenue, Lafayette, wowchildrensmuseum.org

New Years Eve at The Louisville Underground

New Year’s Eve at Avalon Ballroom

6:45 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder. Tickets: $45 in advance, $55 at the door, dancelaughlove.com

Crumb’s New Year’s Eve Boulder Bash with Ramakhandra

7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street, Boulder.

Tickets: $35-$39.50, z2ent.com/boulder-theater-venue see NYE Page 20

All Ages Celebration 6 p.m.; Adults only 9 p.m. The

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SUMMER CAMP ON THE ROAD TOUR SAT. JAN 8

MISSION MT. MANGART A FILM BY CHRIS ANTHONY SAT. JAN 15 RELIX, 97.3 KBCO & GRATEFUL WEB PRESENT

HIGHERUP PRESENTS

ELEVATE YOUR FREQUENCIES FEAT. CVPTVGON KICK, IAM_JACKO, TWOPERCENT, ASHTROLOGY FRI. JAN 14

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LAWRENCE SWATKINS

SLOW BURN WINTER TOUR

BUMPIN UGLIES

ARTIKAL SOUND SYSTEM, JOEY HARKUM SAT. JAN 15 RETRO 102.5 & TERRAPIN CARE STATION PRESENT

THE PETTY NICKS EXPERIENCE MOUNTAIN ROSE

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TRIVECTA, ACE AURA, SHANK AARON

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JOSH RITTER SUN. FEB 20

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New Year’s Eve American Legion Post 32

8 p.m. Mile High Station, 2027 W. Colfax Avenue, Denver. Tickets are $110-$120, newyearsevenight.com

Celebrate the New Year on the Orient Express at Denver Union Station

8 p.m. American Legion Post 32, 315 S. Bowen Street, Longmont.

8 p.m. Denver Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop Street, Denver. Tickets are $95$699, unionstationindenver.com

Avanti Boulder’s New Year’s Eve Rooftop Party

8 p.m. Avanti F&B Boulder, 1401 Pearl Street, Boulder. VIP tables are $100$500, boulder.avantifandb.com

Denver NYE Cocktail Party 2022

8 p.m. Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Place, Denver. Tickets are $110, nyenightdenver.com

License No. 1 New Year’s Eve Party 8 p.m. License No. 1, 2115 13th Street, Boulder, license1boulderado.com

19th Annual White Rose Gala

The Crystal Method with GODLAZER 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th Street, Boulder. Tickets: $25-$30, z2ent.com/fox-theatre-venue

9 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House - Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Champa, Denver. Tickets are $80-$299, whiterosegala.org

New Year’s Eve Gala at Gaylord Rockies

DENVER Bunk with the Beasts (ages 5-12)

9 p.m. Gaylord Rockies, 6700 N. Gaylord Rockies Boulevard, Aurora. Tickets are $50-$200, bignightrockies.com/buy-tickets

6 p.m. Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele Street, Denver. Tickets are $68-$86, denverzoo. org/family-bunks

Resolution New Year’s Eve 2021

New Year’s Eve Fireworks

7:30 p.m. McNichols Event Center & Art Gallery,144 W. Colfax Avenue, Denver. Tickets are $119-$199, resolutiondenver.com

9 p.m. and midnight, 16th Street Mall, Denver

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BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES

MARCH 21-APRIL 19: Historians disagree about the legacy of

Jimmie Carter, who was President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Was he effective or not? Opinions differ. But there’s no ambiguity about a project he pursued after his presidency. He led a global effort to eliminate a pernicious disease caused by the guinea worm parasite. When Carter began his work, 3.5 million people per year suffered from the parasite’s debilitating effects. Today, there are close to zero victims. Will 2022 bring an equivalent boon to your life, Aries? The banishment of an old bugaboo? A monumental healing? I suspect so.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20: In 2022, I hope you will express more praise than ever before. I hope you’ll be a beacon of support and inspiration for the people you care for. The astrological omens suggest this could be a record-breaking year for the blessings you bestow. Don’t underestimate your power to heal and instigate beneficial transformations. Yes, of course, it’s a kind and generous strategy for you to carry out. But it will also lead to unforeseen rewards that will support and inspire and heal you.

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20: If you search Google, you’ll be told that the

longest biography ever written is the 24-volume set about British political leader Winston Churchill. But my research shows there’s an even more extensive biography: about Japan’s Emperor Hirohito, who lived from 1901 to 1989.

His story consists of 61 volumes. In the spirit of these expansive tales, and in accordance with 2022’s astrological aspects, I encourage you to create an abundance of noteworthy events that will deserve inclusion in your biography.

Make this the year that warrants the longest and most interesting chapter in that masterpiece.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22: One of the 20th century’s most famous works of art was Fountain. It was scandalous when it appeared in 1917, since it consisted entirely of a white porcelain urinal. Marcel Duchamp, the artist who presented it, was a critic of the art market and loved mocking conventional thought. Years later, however, evidence emerged suggesting that Fountain may not have been Duchamp’s idea— that in fact he “borrowed” it from Cancerian artist and poet Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. There’s still disagreement among art scholars about what the facts are. But if definitive proof ever arrives that von Freytag-Loringhoven was the originator, it will be in 2022. This will be the year many Cancerians finally get the credit they deserve.

LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22: Author Carson McCullers wrote the novel

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Early in the story, the character named Mick Kelly has a crisis of yearning. McCullers describes it: “The feeling was a whole lot worse than being hungry for any dinner, yet it was like that. I want—I want—I want—was all that she could think about—but just what this real want was she did not know.” If you have ever had experiences resembling Mick’s, Leo, 2022 will be your year to fix that glitch in your passion. You will receive substantial assistance from life whenever you work on the intention to clarify and define the specific longings that are most essential to you.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: After careful research, I have concluded that one of your important missions in 2022 will be to embody a perspective articulated by poet Rand Howells: “If I could have but one wish granted, it would be to live in a universe like this one at a time like the present with friends like the ones I have now and be myself.” In other words, Virgo, I’m encouraging you to do whatever’s necessary to love your life exactly as it is—without comparing it unfavorably to anyone else’s life or to some imaginary life you don’t actually have.

LIBRA

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: If your quest for spiritual enlightenment doesn’t enhance your ability to witness and heal the suffering of others, then it’s fake enlightenment. If your quest for enlightenment encourages you to imagine that expressing personal freedom exempts you from caring for the well-being of your fellow humans, it’s fake. If your quest for enlightenment allows you to ignore racism, bigotry, plutocracy, misogyny, and LGBTQIA-phobia, it’s fake. Everything I just said about enlightenment is equally true about your quest for personal success. If it doesn’t involve serving others, it’s meaningless. In this spirit, Libra, and in accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to make 2022 the year you take your compassion and empathy to the highest level ever.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: Two mating rabbits could theoretically engender 11 million relatives within a year’s time. Although I suspect that in 2022 you will be as metaphorically fertile as those two hypothetical rabbits, I’m hoping you’ll aim more for quality than quantity. To get started, identify two projects you could pursue in the coming months that will elicit your most liberated creativity. Write a vow in which you state your intention to be intensely focused as you express your fecundity.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: A blogger named Soracities writes, “The more I read, the more I feel that a good mark of an intelligent book is simply that the author is having fun with it.”

Sagittarian author George Saunders adds that at its best, “Literature is a form of fondness-for-life. It is love for life taking a verbal form.” I will expand these analyses to evaluate everything that humans make and do. In my opinion, the supreme sign of intelligence and value is whether the creators had fun and felt love in doing it. My proposal to you, Sagittarius, is to evaluate your experiences in that spirit. If you are doing things with meager amounts of fun and love, what can you do in 2022 to raise the fun and love quotient?

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Microbiologist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. It was later described as “the single greatest victory ever achieved over disease”—an antidote to dangerous infections caused by bacteria. But there’s more to the story. Fleming’s strain of penicillin could only be produced in tiny amounts—not nearly enough to become a widespread medicine. It wasn’t until 1943 that a different strain of penicillin was found—one that could be mass-produced. The genius who made this possible was Mary Hunt, a humble researcher without a college degree. By 1944, the new drug was saving thousands of lives. I mention Hunt because she’s a good role model for you in 2022. I believe you’ll have chances to improve on the work of others, generating excellent results.

You may also improve on work you’ve done in the past.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18: Catherine Pugh wrote a series of children’s

books collectively known as Healthy Holly. Later, when she became mayor of the city of Baltimore, she carried out a scheme to sell 100,000 copies to hospitals and schools that did business with the city. Uh-oh. Corruption! She was forced to resign from her office and was arrested. I’d love for you to be aggressive and imaginative in promoting yourself in 2022, but only if you can find ethical ways to do so. I’d love for you to make money from doing what you do best, but always with high integrity and impeccability.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20: Piscean Vaslav Nijinsky is regarded by

many as the 20th century’s most brilliant dancer. He had a robust relationship with beauty, and I want you to know about it. Hopefully, this will inspire you to enjoy prolonged periods of Beauty Worship in 2022. To do so will be good for your health. Memorize this passage from Nijinsky: “Beauty is God. God is beauty with feeling. Beauty is in feeling. I love beauty because I feel it and therefore understand it. I flaunt my beauty. I feel love for beauty.”

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BY DAN SAVAGE Dear Dan: I’ve been in a committed relationship for ten years—committed because my boyfriend wants it that way. I’d asked about it. He’s made it quite clear that he thinks it’s “wrong.” I’m almost never at his apartment. He doesn’t invite me, and my place is a lot more comfortable anyway. His place never looks “lived in.” Everything must be tidy and “just so.” Bed made, bathroom we spend weekends together, and that’s it. He also refuses to bottom for me or even on his ass. In general, he hasn’t been very horny for me the last few years. Anyway, due to a combination of factors (COVID, construction, etc.), I’ve been working at his apartment for a few days. In the coat closet, where he keeps all his supplies, there’s a big bottle of Wet lube and an economy-sized box of Fleet enemas. What’s a guy to think?

—Frustrated in Brooklyn Dear FIB: First, a minor quibble. You use the word “committed” to mean “sexually exclusive,” FIB, when you should know—as a reader of my column—that not all committed relationships are sexually exclusive and vice-versa. Two people can be married or partnered and committed to each other for the long haul while still fucking other people; and two people can decide to stop fucking other people because they don’t wanna use condoms (or they wanna limit their risk of contracting COVID) without committing to each other for the rest of the year, much less the long haul.

As for what you found when you weren’t snooping around your boyfriend’s apartment…

While it’s not always the ones who think open relationships are “wrong” who cheat, FIB, it’s so often the case—it’s so often the ones who insist open relationships are wrong—that it’s something of a cliché. So, it’s entirely possible your boyfriend has been cleaning out for other men. But why? Why would your boyfriend cheat if he knew you Well, some people who cheat think cheating is wrong (and it is) and the least they can do if they’re gonna cheat (and they are) is have the decency to feel bad about it (or pretend wanna fuck around on their partners but don’t want their partners fucking around on them.

Of course, we don’t know for sure whether your boyfriend has been cheating on you. Lube by itself isn’t proof—guys use lube to jack off—and that box of Fleet enemas could’ve been sitting in his closet

for a decade or more.

There’s only one way to get to the bottom of this mystery: ask your boyfriend what’s up.

He might have a good explanation—or he might be able to pull a vaguely plausible one out of his squeaky-clean ass—and you’ll have to make your best guess as to whether he’s telling you the truth.

But if you want to stay with him, FIB, you might wanna lead with that. You can regard what you found when you were looking for supplies—not snooping, of course, never snooping—as an unforgivable betrayal, FIB, or you can regard it as an opportunity to renegotiate the terms of your relationship.

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Dear Dan: I’m recently married to a man I have been with for six years. We have a very happy life together in most respects and a very stable and loving relationship.

The problem is, six months ago I fell deeply in love with a colleague. (We work in the never felt this way about anyone before. I have also never cheated. But this is truly the most creative and synchronous connection I have experienced. The second problem is that the colleague is also married and has three children. His marriage is stable but sexless. He says he wants to leave his wife but is unwilling to do so until his youngest child goes to university, which won’t be for another two years. Meanwhile, I am wracked with guilt and indecision about how to proceed. I know that I need to make my own decisions, but I feel paralyzed. How do I start to untangle this knot?

—Married And Reassessing Relationships In Every Detail Dear MARRIED: What’s the rush?

You’ve got crush on a married man who’s unwilling to leave his wife for at least the next two years. Since you have no way of knowing how you’ll feel two years from now, MARRIED, and you have no way of knowing how your married colleague will feel two years from now, you don’t have to make any big moves. (Hell, you have no way of knowing for sure how your married colleague feels right now.) If you’re sure you don’t wanna stay in your marriage— whatever else might happen—you should end your marriage so your husband can get on with his life. But if you can envision a future where your feelings for your colleague have run their course and you can see yourself recommitting to a future with the man you’re currently married to, all you need to do right now is wait .

Send questions to mail@savagelove.net, follow Dan on Twitter @fakedansavage, and visit savage.love.

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Open, closed, and revived

How did Boulder County’s restaurants, bars, and food businesses fare in 2021?

by John Lehndorff

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ne year ago, December 2020, the restaurants of Boulder County and the region were doing their best to survive the unprecedented impact of the pandemic. Many beloved local eateries were shuttered—some permanently, some temporarily, and all were learning how to cope with the new world of takeout and delivery.

Cafes and bistros and food stores have dealt with masks, shortages, and shutdowns, changing rules about alcohol and outdoor dining, and an age, and retail workers just trying to do their job and not get deathly ill.

Twelve months later, many restaurants have revived while still coping with supply shortages and the Great Resignation of restaurant workers.

Yet diners have ongoing fears of indoor spaces as the challenging omicron winter arrives.

Here is a look at the Boulder culinary comings and goings of 2021.

Closed restaurants

West Flanders Brewing Co., 1125 Pearl Street, Boulder.

Murphy’s North, 2731 Iris Avenue, Boulder (Murphy’s South and Murphy’s Taproom in Louisville remain open.)

Shine Restaurant, 2480 Canyon Boulevard, Boulder.

Salvaggio’s Italian Deli, 2609 Pearl Street.

Miner’s Tavern, 524 Briggs Street, Erie.

Bova’s Market, Kim’s Food to Go, You & Mee Noodles, Formosa Bakery, Cosmo’s Pizza, Dot’s Diner, Chicken on the Hill, and other businesses closed when the buildings at University Avenue and Broadway were shuttered to make way for a new hotel. Tra Lings and You and Mee have

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relocated to 2850 Iris Avenue. Bento-ria reopened at 1310 College Avenue. Chicken on the Hill has moved to 1119 13th Street. Bova’s Market will be moving to 1100 28th Street, the former Bumbling Bee Vegan site. Dot’s Diner remains open at 2716 28th Street, Boulder.

Restaurant openings BOULDER

In 2021, Avanti Food & Drink food hall on the Downtown Mall opened with BoyChik, Lost City Coffee, New Yorkese Pizza, Pig and Tiger, Quiero Arepas, Rooted Craft Kitchen, and Rye Society deli.

Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen, 1262 College Avenue.

Ash’Kara, in the former Pepper the Noshery space, 1043 Pearl Street.

My Friend Felix, 901 Pearl Street, in the former Via Perla space.

Gemini restaurant, 1115 Pearl Street, former site of Riffs Urban Fare, serving contemporary Spanish food and wine.

Barchetta pizzeria and wine bar, 1644 Walnut Street.

Chiri’s Momo Delights, a cart featuring dumplings and noodle bowls, on the 1300 block of the Downtown Mall.

Meta Burger, the local plant-based, fast-casual restaurant chain, 1905 29th Street.

Denver’s chicken-focused Birdcall restaurant inside the Pearl Street Whole Foods Market and at Twenty Ninth Street.

Nude Foods Market, Boulder’s zero-waste grocery store, 3233 Walnut Street.

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A career in beer

Julia Herz returns to the Brewers Association as the executive director of the American Homebrewers Association

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very homebrewer remembers their first. For Julia Herz, the year was 1991, and the brew was a Scotch ale.

“It was just the best thing I had ever tasted,” she says. “Even though we put too much corn sugar in.”

For Herz, it was only the beginning. Four years later, she started getting Zymurgy—the journal of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA)—“When Charlie Papazian picked my name out of a top hat at the Beaver Creek Beer Festival.” It wasn’t much longer until Herz joined the Association of Brewers, which merged with the Brewers Association of America in 2005 to create the Brewers Association (BA), first as a sales manager, then as the craft beer program director. Under her tenure, Herz helped create and publish craftbeer.com, advocated for small and independent breweries with the craft beer seal, and promoted national beer holidays. If you ever attended a beer festival in the region, there was a good chance you ran into Herz. Beer rarely had a better champion.

Then came 2020, the arrival of COVID-19, and the cancellation of every major beer event. The BA went through two rounds of layoffs, and Herz was not immune. The future of craft beer suddenly seemed questionable.

Thankfully, that’s beginning to change. And as of December 1, 2021, Herz once again joins the BA, this time as the executive director of the AHA. As Herz says, “You can’t script that kind of stuff.”

“On a day-to-day basis, I will be an advocate for the hobby of homebrewing, making people aware of the multitude of world-class resources available through the [AHA], presenting on issues that face homebrewing, interfacing with clubs and shops, and supporting the strategic direction of the content of the [AHA],” Herz explains.

Established in 1978 by Papazian and Charlie Matzen, the AHA gave rise to the craft beer revolution, partly in the sheer number of homebrewers who went pro after hearing “Your homebrew’s pretty good”

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But homebrewing is not just for the novice. Already work at a brewery and want to advance your position?

“Homebrewing,” Herz says.

“There’s no better way.”

Herz hopes to welcome more into the homebrewing fold—be they newly of age to enjoy homebrew or those who have historically felt left out.

“No matter what, we want to take the intimidation factor out,” she says. “And there’s the intimidation of the how-to homebrew, and there’s also the intimidation of who homebrews. We each want to learn from people that identify with us, understand us, and meet us where we are at.”

And Herz plans to foster those connections by encouraging homebrew geeks to share, share, share.

“To remember that everyone needs somebody they can relate to,” she says. “Find ways that you can get new hobbyists to relate to you, no matter what walk of life you come from and what walk of life they come from.”

Herz is one of those self-proclaimed beer geeks.

Not only has she been homebrewing since ’91, but Herz also won a silver medal in the Old Ale category at the National Homebrewers Convention (Homebrew Con) in 2003. Homebrew Con is one of the beer highlights of any year, and in 2022, Homebrew Con returns June 23 to 25 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“An incredible event that has been around for 40plus years, and we will be gathering in-person,” Herz says. “Full steam ahead for that.”

There’s also Big Brew (May 2), “one of the most, if not the most participated in, batches of beer made on

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the same day at the same time,” National Mead Day (August 6), and Learn to Homebrew Day (November 5).

“Stay tuned for more localized and regionalized events,” Herz says, adding that most events will also have virtual components for those who aren’t comfortable or capable of joining in person.

Herz is excited for 2022. A new challenge is always exciting. But for Herz, her position is a chance to return to the roots of the craft beer revolution and spur the next generation.

“If anyone’s actually thinking of the concept of homebrewing, they shouldn’t stop there,” Herz says.

“They should go further and actually roll up their sleeves and start to practice the hobby.

“And don’t feel alone,” she continues. “There’s a huge community of people . . . that are ready just to geek out, support you, and mentor you along.”

Visit homebrewersassociation.org for updates on future events, brew days, tips, and where to find homebrew clubs near you.

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o open a bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine safely (and without wasting half of it), follow these basic rules. Always makes sure the bottle is well chilled. Wipe off the bottle with a towel and hold it against yourself. Always point the bottle away from you and everyone else. After peeling the foil, take off the wire cage around the cork while keeping downward pressure. Hold the cork in one hand while twisting the bottom of the bottle until you hear that sound.

Instead of sipping bubbly shipped in from thousands of miles away, consider toasting with a sparkling wine produced in Colorado such as: • Buckel Family Wine Sparkling Rosé • Purgatory Cellars Indulgence Rose • Colorado Cellars Trinity Champagne • Sauvage Spectrum Sparklet Rose • Kingman Wine Estates Red DemiSec Sparkling Wine • Carboy Rose La La La Sparkling Rose Wine • Red Fox Cellars Freestone Sparkling Peach

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espite its name, Chili Verde, 2311 Federal Boulevard, is different from the many taquerias dishing street tacos along Denver’s major boulevards, and the caldo tlalpeño served at the North Denver eatery and bar is not just another bowl of chicken vegetable soup. Chili Verde is a comfortable, spacious, cloth napkin kind of place specializing in cuisine from Puebla.

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of malt liquor.

That’s why the new hard seltzers and canned cocktails from Denver’s Lifted Libations are such a nice change of pace. As a fan of the classic Arnold Palmer, the company’s Tee Time tastes just right. It’s a clean combination of organic vodka, brewed organic black tea from Denver’s Teatulia, and organic lemonade made with a minimal amount of vegan sugar, i.e., not bleached using charred animal bones. As Arnie preferred it, Tee Time is 70/30 tea to lemonade.

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or an upcoming Boulder Weekly food feature, we are gathering information about food-related educational opportunities in 2022 in Boulder County and across the state. These include cooking schools, cooking/language classes, immersive culinary learning experiences and apprenticeships, and internships that involve food, beverages, baking, dining, regenerative farming, and food insecurity.

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Weed in the rear-view

A lot happened in cannabis in 2021: new states going legal, corporations changing their tunes, and legislation at near every level

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tially as far out as 2024 for Virginia.

Still, that represents important progress for the industry at large, according to Richards.

hings change so fast in the cannabis industry that a year can easily feel like a decade—and 2021 surely did. Laws have been evolving, businesses are growing, and people’s perception of cannabis is shifting at a frantic pace. People are watching dollar signs stacking up in legal marijuana markets, and regardless of whether or not they use it, that speaks volumes to corporate investors—who then speak to our politicians.

And yet still, federal legalization, decriminalization, or any other form of legislation concerning cannabis still seems a long way off. Even though over 60 percent of Americans believe that it should be recreationally [I] and[I] medically legal, and even though President Joe Biden promised on the campaign trail that he would be removing cannabis from the list of federally controlled Schedule I substances, the prohibition persists.

Despite a lack of federal progress on that front, advances are being made at state and local levels on cannabis legalization. A lot of states took steps towards legalization in 2021, businesses changed their policies surrounding cannabis, and (while they may not have gone anywhere) there are currently a handful of federal bills on Capitol Hill aimed at ending some aspect of prohibition or another, like the SAFE Banking Act, the MORE Act, and several others.

“I think the industry is accelerating,” Nick Richards, a partner at Greenspoon Marder and board member of

sented across the country,” he says. “That was a big piece of what happened this year.”

The trend will likely continue into next year, he

way or another, “legalization is going to happen,” he says.

In February, New Jersey decriminalized cannabis and legalized adult use. New York state followed suit

let states decide if or how to legalize cannabis.”

use cannabis. However, those states won’t actually start

I think is a big, positive thing for the industry,” Richards says, referencing a bill passed in Colorado in 2020,

selves, and Virginia could help do something similar for Maryland. Then Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Ohio all have some cannabis initiative on their ballots for 2022.

There was also a shift in the corporate world this year, as Richards points out. In June, when Amazon changed its employee policy, ending drug testing and throwing its support behind the Marijuana Opportunity and Reinvestment (MORE) Act, the levee shook. Some

ant part in the conversation for the cannabis industry,” Richards says.

The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking and onto the Senate this year, which isn’t such a bad thing, according to Richards.

“I think a lot of people in the industry would say that there’s a lot of other things that are more important than banking,” he says. “It would seem that if we solve banking there would be a lot less incentive to legalize [cannabis] completely.”

On a more local level, in Colorado a controversial sentatives Yadira Caravero and Alec Garnett, passed cannabis concentrates at 15 percent THC, and limits the to purchase at once, for either medical or recreational purposes. as a step backwards for Colorado’s cannabis industry,

ray (NASDAQ:TLRY), Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQ:ACB) and Cronos Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CRON)—surged in response. The very next month, in July, Apple ended its

lation. In September, Colorado shot down Proposition 119, which would have added a 5 percent sales tax to cannabis and pulled tens of millions of dollars from the

Political support from both the House and the Senate grew in 2021 too. The Veterans Medical bis industry opposed the bill, as did 54.49 percent of Colorado’s voters. ing into 2022—on state, local, national, and even global levels, as Germany prepares to legalize recreational bill to “remove federal penalties on cannabis, expunge in 2022? Or at the very least, before Joe Biden’s term is over?

mented, it’s still just a discussion draft at this point, and has yet to actually be formally introduced.

mistic that legalization is an inevitability, he says he isn’t convinced that it’s a priority for this administration. “The party in charge can’t even get their budget passed,” he points out. “So it feels like it’s pretty far down on their

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