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July 14, 2016

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10 What’s new at Durango Brewing Co.?

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It’s back – the lone soldier brewery on the north side of town. Durango Brewing Co. reopened July 1 with a renovated space and all new drink and menu options.

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Get Smart about what baristas really think Give it up for the folks who help get you up every morning by steaming, tamping and grinding. Listen up as our anonymous barista tells you about serving your sleepy ass every morning.

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“Just because we live in Durango, doesn’t mean we can’t have the cultural experience of a larger city like Chicago or Los Angeles,” said Derrick Casto, ambitious organizer of a proposed November festival called Something Wild.

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17 “My Name is Lucy Barton,” reviewed Local author Mandy Mikulencak reviews Elizabeth Strout’s latest book.

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On losing photographer , style icon Bill Cunningham 2016 has so far been a big year for losing beloved style icons, and in late June we lost another. Fashion photographer Bill Cunningham died after a long and influential life in the worlds of style and photography.

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A trip to the grocery store can induce utter confusion

f you’re the type of person who goes to the grocery store and there are no problems, issues or dilemmas and you just glide from aisle to aisle tossing this and that in your cart carefree willy-nilly, and the decisions you make about which foods you buy come easy, well clearly, you’re doing something wrong. I like to think of myself as a feller who tries to be a somewhat socially, ethically, environmentally and healthconscious food consumer – but I often have little idea about what I should eat, what I should avoid and which words on labels are meaningless. I see the USDA Organic label and think it’s an easy decision for such things like sustainable growing practices and pesticide use. But then such concepts as big organic pop up, companies that just slip in under the organic label and resemble factory farming in more ways than one. Or I wonder if a seemingly mom-and-pop farmer brand is really a green-washed arm of some large environmentally unfriendly megacorporation. Or take eggs. While some people are so adamant that their eggs be white that they buy brown eggs that have been painted white, there are others who shun white eggs because any egg that ticks all the boxes in terms of ethical responsibility and humaneness certainly would have to be brown (right?), when in fact the color of an egg has nothing to do with anything other than the type of hen it comes from, notably the color of its feathers. Beyond the color of the shell, one must consider the entire nestto-chopping-block existence of the hen. (Cage? Free range? Organic vegetarianfed diet?) Or with coffee. Not only is coffee now bad for you based on a petition signed by 97 percent of coffee scientists, and anything more than 1.5 cups a day will end your life early ... oh wait, no, it’s now good for you and anything fewer than two cups a day is dancing with the devil. Health aside, if the coffee doesn’t come

with a plethora of logos and emblems on its packaging – fair-trade, shadegrown, bird-friendly – does that mean it was mono-culturally grown, in the sun, planted and harvested by destitute African slave children? I’ve brought my own plastic bags and pat myself on the back for my conservation efforts, but did I tend toward products with recycled, paper-based packaging and did I buy as many items as possible in bulk using reusable containers as well? My fruits and vegetables are organic, but were they flown in from Chile, making that out-of-season peach’s environmental impact dwarf that of a conventionally yet locally grown one? And then there are labels with words and phrases that go from virtually meaningless (“made with natural ingredients”) to confusing (low sodium vs. reduced sodium – and wait, something just came out saying sodium isn’t so bad after all, right?) to misleading (oatmeal that touts itself as GMO-free when all oatmeal is GMO-free because genetically modified oats don’t exist). In his landmark book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan says Americans are particularly prone to food and diet fads and all-around food confusion because, unlike most countries, instead of a long-standing social and cultural traditions around food that govern what, how much and when we eat, Americans do it piecemeal,“anxious omnivores struggling once again to figure out what it is wise to eat,” Pollan writes. “Instead of relying on the accumulated wisdom of a cuisine, or even on the wisdom of our senses, we rely on expert opinion, advertising, government food pyramids, and diet books, and we place our faith in science to sort out for us what culture once did with rather more success.” The only solution I can think of at the moment is to convince Durango supermarkets to better tolerate my maniacal screaming and to leave me be when they find me whimpering in the fetal position on aisle 6.

The thing I like most about lawns is their verdant lushness. Uncultivated grass is beautiful, of course; it grows long and messy, sways in the breeze and wildflowers sprout up haphazardly. But it’s not thick and full or comfortable to sit on. It’s patchy. If you want to spread out a blanket for a picnic or luxuriate on a towel in the sun, good luck doing that in a meadow. The grass will poke through the blanket and creatures living in the long strands will swarm up your legs. I never had to mow grass growing up, which I’m sure makes me very lucky. Maybe it was more of a boy’s chore (none of my girlfriends ever had to, either) or perhaps it’s more of a generational thing. Everyone hired professional mowers in my suburb. It was a big job, especially if you had a front AND a backyard. There’s no greater satisfaction than lording over a lawn at the front or back of your home. What’s better than stretching out like a queen on a lawn chair on your private property? You can even go topless. Kids can play games and roll around. And the greenery is further complemented by a few bright flower beds, an addition enjoyed by many lawn owners. Wildflowers are wonderfully unexpected and chaotically patterned, but there’s something comforting about neater flower arrangements. When you group flowers together in crowded bunches, the colors seem more vivid and the smells more delectable. And though it might be divisive, I think freshly-mowed grass smells delicious as well. — Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

Hate it In the days of yore, lawns actually had a purpose: A kempt area of vegetation to act as a buffer between one’s home and the wilderness and its invasive insects, vermin and beasts. But that was before pesticides and herbicides and suburban subdivisions. Today, lawns might make for a nice place for children to play or, depending on the size, shade of green and quality of lushness, are a great status tool to make neighbors and passers-by envious. Mostly, lawns make less than zero sense. Not only do they use precious water resources that are far from abundant in places like, I don’t know, the entire West, they encourage us to dump chemicals on them, many which end up in places that are not your lawn, like the storm sewer (that is, if your sprinkler system doesn’t water the sidewalk more than it waters your grass). Because without added water and chemicals, the grasses we plant would not be as green and thick and lush as nature intended and would instantly burn and die. And as a person who’s dragged mowers up and down lawns for the better part of 28 years, this Sisyphean grow-cut-grow-cut task of trimming the grass back every time it offers another 3 centimeters is possibly the most senseless-yet-culturally-mandated task I’ve ever been partied to. For now I’m happy in my apartment complex where having to waste an hour every Saturday is a distant memory. And if I’m ever living in a home surrounded by vegetation, it better be a prairie. — David Holub

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Cyle Talley | Get Smart

On what baristas really think Editor’s note: We don’t make a habit of using anonymous sources in DGO, but sometimes it can be hard to be snarky and candid and keep one’s job. Rest assured, this is a real Durango barista keeping it real.

asked you for a fat-free mocha with whipped cream? I mean, doesn’t all of that sorta cancel itself out? Sometimes I wonder if people even know what the hell they’re ordering. So I don’t know if it’s judging or just being sorta confused.

Give it up for the folks who help get you up every morning by steaming, tamping and grinding. Listen up as our anonymous barista tells you about serving your sleepy ass every morning.

What’s the worst part about being a barista? That I can’t go to any coffee shop anywhere without being totally terrified that what I’m gonna get is gonna be shitty. I judge other baristas way harder than I do what people order. I’ll be standing in line in some shop and hear a person steaming milk like [makes loud whooshing sound] and immediately go, “Well, I guess I can’t get anything with milk, because that f---ker’s gonna burn the shit out of it.” Or, tamping – my partner catches me giving other baristas bitch face as they tamp shots. I’m just like staring them down as they just try to make it through a line of drinks.

Let’s just start with Starbucks. Oh God. Well, it could be a lot worse. Durango has that whole local thing going, so that the only time Starbucks really affects me is when I serve the tourists. The locals sort of have their shop, you know? Like a Joe’s person is a Joe’s person. That’s the only place they want to go. 81301, DCC – everybody’s got their place. But Jesus, when a tourist comes in, I have to be a translator, you know? Like, OK, when they say “tall” do they mean large? They’ve [Starbucks] totally ruined a few drinks, too. A macchiatto is NOT a 20-ounce drink, and it doesn’t have any caramel in it. Or a Flat White? What the hell are they making?! And then we’re expected to make the same damn thing for the big-haired Texan lady with the huge fake boobs and the big hair! So you feel pretty passionately about that ... They do their thing and we do ours, you know? But the whole size thing throws me every time. What even is their scale? Isn’t the grande like a medium? How did a word that means “big” turn into medium? Be honest. How much coffee do you drink during a shift? Not as much as you think. I don’t really have time to. It’s not like I’m behind the bar all day just like sipping on a latte. I’ve got shit to do. Usually, it’s like a double shot at the beginning of the shift when I’m getting the machine ready and then go go go.

What are some barista pet peeves?

What do you like best about being a barista? My regulars are so f---ing cool. Getting to know them and what they like and how they like it. For as stupid as they can be sometimes, there’s a lot of stoke in serving people, you know? What drink do you make the most? A latte. No contest. Usually a 16 ounce. Which is funny, because people tell me that they’ve gotta have their coffee, and then they order a latte. Can I just say that a latte is not coffee? It’s milk. A lot of f---ing milk. I mean, two shots of espresso in a 16-ounce cup? That’s what, 10 percent of the cup, tops? So no, a latte is not coffee. Stop saying that. You’ve got to have your milk. Do you judge people for their drinks? Well it’s like, what would you think if somebody

EXpresso. God! ESpresso. S! ESpresso! And could you please just order one thing at a time? Like, let me get all the way through the first drink before you start telling me about the next one. I mean, damn! I won’t be through asking whether their skinny mocha is iced or hot before they’re telling me about their kid’s steamer that has 13 flavors. It’s not a race, dude. Or when people try to come in before we’re even open. I wouldn’t try to get into your office before you were open so that you could do my taxes or whatever. Wal-Mart isn’t going to let you in before they open, so why do we have to? But most mornings, there are people banging on the door like, “I need my coffee!” And it’s usually a latte, isn’t it? [groans] It’s ALWAYS a latte. Cyle Talley isn’t worried about the Cubs’ recent bout of suck. It’s been 100 years of losing, Cubs fans. Let’s have some perspective. If there’s anything you’d like to Get Smart about, email him at: cyle@cyletalley.com

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Downtown Lowdown | Bryant Liggett

Durango has its own ideas for making a great music scene

urango’s location has never been the greatest asset to attracting national touring bands, being 215 miles north of I-40, and 168 miles south of I-70. When some of the larger club or theater acts are out on the road, they’re steering clear of towns that lie between larger markets, favoring others cities for a Friday or Saturday night show offering a larger crowd and paycheck. That doesn’t mean we’re not supportive of music. I’ll pat Durango on the back when it comes to the number of people who have killer record collections and an appreciation of many-things-independent, in addition to the number of people here making music. It’s only gotten stronger since I pulled into town in 1996. Supporting music is a difficult, if not pricey and unpredictable venture. It’s really a gamble. People who see Bob Dylan are more than aware that they’re playing a game of concert roulette. Never have so many people gone into a performance guaranteeing themselves that they’re about to see something that could be completely lame. When Dylan played with My Morning Jacket in Telluride in 2007, 90 percent of the people I knew attending at one point or another said to me, “This could very well suck.” I was part of that 90 percent. You sure as shit wouldn’t go to a respected restaurant, walk in and sit down and expect it to be terrible. But that’s what you get with seeing arguably the greatest songwriter of this or any generation, whose live performances have been spotty since day one. The idea that no good music comes to Durango could be as old as the town itself. An old-timer once told me the music scene sucked because Cab Calloway didn’t come here in 1951. Yet Durango has still hosted acts like Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, X, Los Lobos on many occasions, The Sadies, Agent Orange and The Supersuckers, Hank3, Janis Ian, The Gourds, The Fort Knox Five, Aesop Rock, RZA and hundreds of other acts from all genres. Durango hosts a top-notch classical music festival that is underway right now, the Ska Anniversary Party is the musical and social event of the year, and the Bluegrass Meltdown is fantastic.

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GØGGS,“GØGGS” Available: Now via In The Red Records as a CD and vinyl LP. The first 200 records pressed were on a mystery colored vinyl. Sometime back in late 2015, I offhandedly mentioned in a record review for this very publication that an album was forthcoming from a super group of sorts due out sometime during the summer of 2016. To my surprise, a reader actually remembered as such. Last week, that record was released to the excitement of punk, garage and rock ’n’ roll fans on the consistently-solid Los Angeles-based In The Red Records (King Khan, Kid Congo, Dirtbombs, Jay Reatard, Oblivians, etc. etc. etc.) Now, the whole “super group” moniker is somewhat of a misnomer (maybe?). I mean, yes, all three members of GØGGS are very much in other bands that are very much killer in their own right(s). Charles Moothart (drums, guitar, bass) released a stellar record early this year as CFM and is a current member of FUZZ. Ty Segall (guitar, bass, synth, backing vocals) is nearing Robert Pollard-status of output over the last few years, seemingly releasing records every few months with a slew of projects. Chris Shaw (vocals) fronts the phenomenal Memphis-based outfit Ex-Cult. As I see it, this is less a super group and closer along the lines of friends who also happen to be in other bands coming together to make a record. Fittingly, it should be of little surprise that Mikal Cronin makes an appearance playing bass on my favorite cut and album-closer “Glendale Junkyard.” Corey Hanson of Wand and Denee Petracek of Vial also get in on the fun. The three at the core and their individual talents mesh into a straightforward garage punk-leaning album. The band’s bio, penned by Shaw, sums it up: ”This is not a side-project, it is a necessity. GØGGS is three heads, one spine, circling the drain of the wasteland known as mother earth.” Recommended for fans of FUZZ, Ex-Cult, Ty Segall Band, CFM or Meatbodies — Jon E. Lynch

Joe Giordano and Lisa Neuburg are July’s Commuters of the Month. They are part of a group of 9 commuters that carpools 90 round-trip miles each day to work at Osprey Packs in Cortez.

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Style Fetish | Heather Narwid

On losing legendary Bill Cunningham, a fashionista devoid of snark 2016 has so far been a big year for losing beloved style icons, and in late June we lost another. Fashion photographer Bill Cunningham died after a long and influential life in the worlds of style and photography. Cunningham was a pioneering street-style photographer and fashion reporter for more than 40 years. His photos first appeared in Women’s Wear Daily and the Chicago Tribune. In the late ’70s, the New York Times began running his photos of normal, fashionable women as well as famous welldressed women taken on the streets of NYC. He was soon covering lavish galas and high-society events. Cunningham’s influential photos and various fashion columns were published in the Times for decades, right up until his death at age 87. Cunningham was an unassuminglooking man who was almost always seen in his signature outfit of blue denim work jacket and black sneakers. He lived somewhat ascetically in a flat in Carnegie Hall and rode his bike everywhere while becoming one of the most powerful voices in fashion. Cunningham wasn’t interested in celebrity, he wanted to shoot the true, authentic styles of those who chose and paid for their own clothing, those who dressed without the opinion of a stylist. Jacob Bernstein called Cunningham’s fashion philosophy “populist and democratic” in a 2016 Times article. A brilliant project from Cunningham’s early years is “Facades.” Shot from 1968-1977, Cunningham and Carnegie neighbor Editta Sherman thrifted up over 500 antique and vintage outfits and designed shots taken in front of landmark NYC buildings of the same era as the garments, with Editta modeling. They recorded images in 1,800 locations throughout the city. In 1978, a book was published chronicling this project, though it is out of print now. “Facades” was exhibited in 2014 at the New York Historical Society, with Cunningham in attendance at the show’s opening on his 85th birthday. Cunningham’s authentic love of

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»» New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham bicycles to work in New York in 2010. Cunningham, a longtime fashion photographer for the New York Times known for taking pictures of everyday people on the streets in New York, died June 25.

fashion is apparent in the mesmerizing 2010 bio-documentary “Bill Cunningham New York.” The viewer gets a wonderful sense of Cunningham’s appreciation of fashion, people, the streets and New York, and also of his sweetness as a human being. He was a fashionista devoid of snark or guile, who seemed able to remain sincere, grounded and humble despite his close proximity to the rarefied air of the fashion industry and its inhabitants. Maybe this is why he was so beloved and such a huge influence on the industry. His attitude and motivations remained pure and he

never seemed to succumb to the prevailing pretensions that commonly accompany the high-dollar, high-fashion industry. Cunningham was motivated by a pure love of clothing, cut, fabric and design, no matter who wore it. Cunningham was honored in 2009 as a “living landmark” by the New York Landmarks Conservancy. He is also being posthumously, yet temporarily acknowledged with “Bill Cunningham Corner” (deemed so only for the week) at the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street in NYC, one of favorite his street-style shooting spots.

You know Cunningham’s legacy is profound when hyper-influential Anna Wintour of Vogue admits in “Bill Cunningham New York,” “We all get dressed for Bill.” He definitely proved worthy, and left joyful and profound legacies to New York City, the fashion world and the art of photography. Heather Narwid owns Sideshow, a vintage and modern clothing store for men and women established in 2007, now located in Durango at 208 County Road 250. Have a style question? Email her at sideshowdolores@gmail.com.

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First Draughts | Robert Alan Wendeborn

Later Durango: Vacationland is great, but it’s time to move on

ast night, as the sun was setting behind Perins Peak and the clouds lit up with purple and pink and yellow and orange, I saw a couple, undoubtedly tourists, take a selfie in the middle of the crosswalk next to El Rancho Tavern. I yelled at them across the street, “When are you moving here?” It’s my favorite thing to ask tourists. The look in their eye, one of simultaneous excitement and regret, joy and sadness, is priceless. The look is almost as if a child at Disneyland is being asked by Mickey Mouse if they want to move in: There’s no possible way to live here, in paradise, but OMG, can you imagine? I often feel like a cartoon character at work. There’s a tour of the brewery every day at 4 p.m., and as the tour full of tourists winds its way through the brewery, they see me, cleaning tanks, harvesting yeast and scrubbing floors, and they ask me questions, take photos of me working, or ask to pose with this strange, bearded man in a worker’s costume that doesn’t exist in Texas or Indiana or Arizona. And I feel so much pride: I live here. I work here. People save and save so they can go on vacation in the place that I live and work. I wonder sometimes: To these people, which character am I? Am I some form of Paul Bunyan, Gaston, John Smith, some ultra-manly testosterone-fueled adventurer? Or am I Goofy, someone schlepping through life, lucky and aloof. Or worse: Am I Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up? Of course, I feel like Peter Pan sometimes and Peter Pan syndrome is something I’ve adamantly denied contracting since I moved here. But, it’s hard to say I’m not when almost everyone my age is living with roommates (not going to lie, the lost boys in a tree house is an apt metaphor) and working multiple service jobs or freelancing along with their normal job. A

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»» Robert Alan Wendeborne takes a break at Ska World Headquarters, where the magic happens. lot of people I know are sacrificing a better career, a more comfortable living situation or economic sustainability in order to live closer to mountains and rivers, so they can play any time they want. And that is one of the big reasons I’m leaving Durango, because it’s time to grow up and live a more sustainable life. Yes, that’s right. I’m leaving paradise, but it’s all in pursuit of my beer career. I’m going to be working at a brewery in the Deep South, an area that needs and deserves good beer. And it’s in pursuit of a future that I promised myself, one where I can afford to live in a place on my own salary. One where I am given opportunities for growth professionally. One

where I find happiness outside this safe, vanilla, little pleasure bubble we live in. Even though I’m beyond excited, it breaks my heart thinking about all the things I’ll be leaving. I’ll miss the Diner, The Ranch, The Bean. Sunday morning banter sessions at Carver’s back bar. I’ll miss seeing someone I know every time I walk down the street. I’ll miss the sunsets behind Perins Peak. I’ll miss hearing the train whistle its way in and out of town. I’ll miss my brewing community and friends. I’ll miss having mountains in my backyard and rivers in my front. I’ll miss Purple Fuckers and Muff Divers, Modus Hoperandi, and Steam Engine Lager. I’ll miss all

the late nights with good friends and strangers. And I’ll miss feeling like a resident of Disneyland, whether I’m Goofy or Gaston. I’ll still be here though, writing about beer (till DGO finds a replacement). And I’ll be back in Durango frequently. (I’ve already got my ticket to Ska’s Anniversary Party!) But I’ll be a tourist and I know everyone will be asking, “When are you moving back here?” Robert Alan Wendeborn put the bubbles in the beer at Ska Brewing Company. His first book of poetry, “The Blank Target,” was published in 2015 by The Lettered Streets Press and is available at Maria’s Bookshop. robbie@skabrewing.com

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Here’s what’s new at Durango Brewing Co. It’s back – the lone soldier brewery on the north side of town. Durango Brewing Co. reopened July 1 with a renovated space and all new drink and menu options. Since last fall when the old Durango Brewing shuttered its doors, we’ve had only Zia and Homeslice serving drinks on North Main. All the other brewpubs are clustered downtown like cliquey high school girls. Thankfully, DBC wouldn’t stand for that. They’re actually Durango’s second oldest brewery, open since 1990. We spoke to India Downing, new general manager, about all the changes that have been made and what you can expect from them in the future.

How are you distinctive from other brewery options in town? Our menu sets us apart. We’re focusing on fresh and local. It’s very small and simple, quality over quantity. And not that this is different from other breweries, but we want everyone here to obtain their cicerone certification. That’s similar to a sommelier for wine, but it’s specifically for craft beer. We’re going to make sure all of our staff is really well-versed in craft beer and can answer questions. We have very informed guests, so we want to make recommendations knowledgeably and comfortably. What are your favorite items on the menu?

The onion rings and charcuterie board. The onion rings are chopped in-house »» Durango Brewing Co. bartender Kat Kinder pours beer on the night of DBC’s re-opening. and the batter is made with one of our beers. It’s super simple but really with actual fresh blueberries. yummy. We feature lots of local ranchers and farmers, We also have new ownership, and I’m proud of how fresh this stuff is. Gold Buckle Brewing. They How has Durango Brewery been impurchased the company from Any events coming up? proved for the reopening? the old owner Mark Harvey, We’re starting Happy Hour this Friday, so that will be The old DBC had kind of a bad reputation, though and Mark is still a 10 percent seven days a week from 2 to 5 p.m., $3 beers. We’re there’s also a lot of locals who loved this spot. But owner. They took over all the also starting a Comedy Night with Laugh Therapy, amidst all the other breweries, we really weren’t operations and decision-makthe same troupe who does a comedy night at the Irish taken seriously. We had a lot of brewer turnover. ing, and hired me just a month Embassy once a month. It’s hilarious. That will be The biggest change is the building: We have a brand Downing ago. We’ve had a lot of people every Monday night starting August 1. And we have new porch, revamped the floors, the kitchen was watching and waiting for us to a lot of other ideas; I do want to do some live music. completely gutted and we got all new equipment. We reopen, and we’re really trying I’ll probably do an open audition and have bands all went for the open kitchen concept, so you can see to team up with all the north side businesses so we play a song for me. But I don’t necessarily want to do how things are being prepared and how fresh they can breathe a little life into this end of town. I would something that’s directly competing with our other are. And I like keeping the kitchen staff feeling like say 90 percent of our staff also lives on the north side, friends in the industry. they’re a part of everything, instead of separate. Nate so we definitely have that north side community feel Watkins is our head brewer, he worked here a while as far as both staff and guests, which we love. Do you think breweries are competiago and then came back, and he’s really put his finger tive in this town? How has the beer selection changed? on all the recipes, making sure everything is super I think it’s a huge family. We’ve seen brewers from One of the things the brewers are excited about is consistent. They’ve upgraded a lot of the ingredients every brewery in town come in since we opened. As now that we’re open, they can start to brew some in the beer. Like in the Blueberry Wheat, which is a whole, the craft beer industry is that way. Trying small-batch, kind of experimental beers. They’re just everyone’s favorite. People freak out about it. It’s to further the industry takes all of us. We’d prefer a getting started on that. Like trying some cask-aged a seasonal in the summer, so it wasn’t out until this customer visiting Durango go to ALL the breweries! beers. So definitely keep your eye out for lots of small month. That beer used to be made without real blueberries, so we changed the recipe and now it’s made

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stuff that you can try – but when it’s gone, it’s gone.

—— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

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[film]

Durango needs ‘Something Wild’ »» Proposed film festival would bring diverse programming, eclectic mix of old and new films “Just because we live in Durango, doesn’t mean we can’t have the cultural experience of a larger city like Chicago or Los Angeles,” said Derrick Casto, ambitious organizer of a proposed November festival called Something Wild. Casto was a program director for Durango Film and studied English and film theory at Oklahoma State. His festival slate would include new AND old films; Korean cinema, cult classics and great movies that never got the box office pomp they deserved. Casto is additionally trying to set up monthly screenings to showcase films that aren’t available on the big screen in our area. He’ll be hosting the Sundance Shorts program coming up on Aug. 12 (tickets will available at Maria’s) and is currently looking for interested townsfolk and volunteers to help bring the dream of Something Wild to fruition. If you love movies but yearn for more eclectic options and for the chance to watch old favorites in a theater again, Casto is your man. How’d you get the idea to start a film festival here? I’ve been working at a variety of festivals for over eight years now. Usually in November it’s always so slow in Durango. I thought the second week of November until Thanksgiving would be a great time for a big event. On a local level, it makes sense. Maybe this could be something in the region everyone gets really excited about. How would it be different from the Durango Film fest? It’s not competitive. No juries, no audience award, no winners. There’s no true categories – we’ll have programs, and if we do anything it will be off-beat or hyper-focused. We might do something like, ‘Burt Reynolds in the ’80s.’ I’d love to find old films that are almost forgotten, especially indies that at one point seemed to have a lot of promise but never really made it to cult or classic status. Will there also be new films? Yes, I’m actively seeking newer films. But those can be anything, no theme.

Why is it important for people to see older films they might’ve missed or didn’t appreciate? It’s the equivalent to saying, “Why would you want to read Moby Dick?” You read that because it can teach you someCasto thing about the way your society functions or how you, as a person, are. The same thing applies to older films. And sometimes if you revisit films that are forgotten, they might have a more profound effect on you than, say, “Casablanca.” You know what you’re getting into with “Casablanca,” even if you’ve never seen it – you’ve heard a thousand people quote it, tell the story of it. Whereas if you get something like “Cocaine Angel,” a lot of people have never even heard of that film, and you might watch it and be like, “I get this.” With very little introduction. You have no presets. Do you have people helping you, on board with this already? A handful. A lot of people are like, “I like the idea, but it’s a huge risk.” But what’s life without a risk? The risk is, no one could show up. Any examples of movies you’re thinking of showing? Right now I have it stuck in my head to do a Korean film theme. Introduce this region to Korean cinema, which is very rich and in the last decade has become an explosive force, with “Ip Man,” “The Host,” “Mother.” I was also thinking we could focus on cinematography, especially action-adventure that involves the outdoors, since we have an outdoor community and there’s a lot of amateur and semi-pro photographers and cinematographers in this area. I might also do a “Future from the Past” theme, showing movies from the ’70s that are supposed to take place today. And you’re like, “That’s not even close.” What other film festivals do you want

to emulate? Telluride. I’ve been involved with them for six years. You can see old archived film footage of the festival in its first couple years – there was no one there. They’d be doing town talks with a half-broken table and a mic with wire exposed, and people are sitting on dirt. It started out small. The founders dug through it. They even admit that for the first five years, they were barely getting by. In the fifth year they were all ready to call it quits. That motivates me. And you’re also trying to set up monthly movie screenings? I’d like to try and generate awareness for Something Wild. It’s not like I have a big staff behind me. It’s just me. So people who are interested, maybe students who want something to put on a résumé or just really love film and want to be involved in some way, can get in touch. The Durango Film Festival does a great job, but they’re only five days. And the movie theaters here are great, but they have contractual obligations. It’s also an excuse to do something silly and fun; we might do “The Royal Tenenbaums” and have a costume contest based on that. This town loves costumes. Or something like “Everybody Wants Some!!” the new Richard Linklater film. It’s streaming online now, and there were trailers for it at the theaters here, but it’s not playing. What does “Something Wild” mean? At Sundance I saw “Wild,” a German film. And after I got out of the theater I thought, “Wow. That’s just something wild.” There was no other way to explain it. So that’s sort of my goal. I want people to come and have an experience where they don’t know what to think for a couple minutes. I want to present people with something they expect to be straightforward and then when they leave they’re like, “That’s a lot more than I expected.” —— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold Casto needs volunteers and local businesses to help out. If interested, contact him at SomethingWildFilmFestival@ gmail.com

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[weed]

Sick of smoking? Try this instead Bongs and bowls are out with vaping, edibles, dabbing and patches, and your lungs will thank you

By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold DGO Staff Writer

ou might love to get high, but not everyone’s lungs appreciate being cloaked in clouds of smoke. Maybe you’re sick of coughing like you’re hacking up a lung every time you take a big hit. Perhaps you’re grossed out by the soggy end of a passed-around joint. Maybe you’ve dropped and smashed one too many glass bowls. Well, you’re not alone. And lucky for you, there are multiple nonsmoking means of ingesting cannabis available here in Colorado. We spoke with Lance Gollihugh, budtender at Santé Dispensary and Max Progar, master grower and manager at Colorado Grow – both proponents of the use of cannabis recreationally and medically – about all the different ways to blaze. Please note: We don’t endorse overdoing it, so practice safety first. “My advice is: ‘Always take the smallest effective dose,’” said Gollihugh. “Overshooting things can lead to horrible reactions. Find the baseline dose for yourself first, then we’ll work on getting you high.” The continued stigma surrounding marijuana use still frustrates Gollihugh, who regularly speaks with older customers in Santé admitting they take Vicodin or Oxycodone to deal with physical pain. He believes herb is much safer than doses of narcotics. “In the end, the idea of incorporating cannabis into somebody’s lifestyle doesn’t mean derailing it,” he said. “My customers are runners, weightlifters, MMA guys, mountain bikers. I don’t want cannabis to live with the stigma of the slouchy stoner slacker! We’re a great community of really active people.” Here are few ways to ingest weed without the help of a bong, bowl or joint. Vaporizing

Ilustration by David Holub/ DGO

Vaporization is a technique by which you avoid unhealthy smoke toxins by heating cannabis to a temperature just below the point of combustion where smoke is produced. With Continued on Page 14

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Get started with these smokeless products »» Gollihugh’s recs can be found at Santé, and Progar’s at Colorado Grow

Vaping

Edibles

Dabbing

Tincture

Gollihugh recommends a company out of Denver called Pat Pen, which makes little vape cartridges for $30. Progar is a big fan of WonderLeaf, a new company in Colorado. “Theirs is really the only vape cartridge I like smoking,” Progar said.

Gollihugh recommends Wana, a brand that produces fruity sour gummy edibles. “They’re efficient and consistent, which is a big deal with edibles,” Gollihugh said. “You want each product to be the same. You want each gummy to be the precise dose.”

“My favorite item in the shop is probably the Live Labs Live Resin, which is a concentrate you dab,” said Progar.

Progar also likes the Dixie Synergy tincture, which has both CBD and THC in it.

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charged. This isn’t a huge inconvenience, but if you’re out of battery and in the woods with no place to plug in, you’ll have to wait to get high.

vaping, THC and other medically active cannabinoids are discharged without the carcinogenic tars and gases found in smoke. Pros: Vaping is of the healthiest forms of smokeless cannabis consumption. Using a vape reduces your smoke intake by almost 95 percent, since the weed is being burned at a much lower temperature, which means less tar and carcinogens enter your body. “The big argument for years has been the particulate matter, the carbon, the charred matter is really the worst for you,” said Gollihugh. “People who’ve been smoking joints cough, and you might as well be smoking filtered cigarettes. But with vaping, it’s a natural resin, so your body can handle it a heck of a lot better. It’s got infinitely less chemicals and treatment than anything else. For older customers, if they don’t want to do edibles, I do think vaping is the

Gollihugh

Progar

most logical solution – it’s less harsh, less damaging.” Your throat most likely won’t even burn afterward and there’s hardly any smell (so no reeking of smoke! Very discreet). Progar claims the high is different, too. “I personally feel like it gives you a lot more mellow of a high – more of a head-high rather than getting the full-on body effect you would if you were smoking dry flower.” Cons: When smoking from a joint or bowl you’ll just need a lighter, but vaporizing equipment needs to be fully

Budtender’s tip: You can purchase a larger table-top vaporizer with advanced temperature settings (these can get pricey, a few hundred dollars), or a smaller, cheaper hand-held device that’s portable for taking on hikes or road trips.

Edibles Edibles get a bad rap. Everyone has at least one edible horror story, and lots of people read Maureen Dowd’s harrowing New York Times column in which she describes the traumatizing effects of consuming her first. Dowd was a novice who ate far too much and blamed the cannabis; but if you consume responsibly and take it slow (edibles don’t kick in right away), you should be fine.

Transdermal patches “RX Green is one company I love who makes those patches,” said Gollihugh.

Pros: A family member of Progar’s had cancer and couldn’t smoke, so eating for the medicinal benefits turned out to be a great alternative. “Someone with throat cancer isn’t going to want to smoke,” Progar pointed out. “The onset with edibles is later, 30 to 90 minutes. I recommend it to people who want long-lasting relief to muscle spasm or pain. It will take a while to feel, but after that it will last quite a while.” You can make your own cannabisinfused butter or oil to bake with at home, but Colorado dispensaries sell plenty of delicious products if you’re not a pro in the kitchen. Cookies, popcorn, crackers, ice cream, chocolate, brownies, lollipops, you name it. Cons: If you’re not overly familiar with edibles, it’s freakishly easy to overdo it and get more than you were bargaining for. “The state of Colorado tells people Continued on Page 15

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10 milligrams is a good starting point, but I always tell people 5,” said Progar. “I find with some people, especially those who haven’t smoked in 40 years or have never smoked in their life, 10 milligrams can be a little too much. You can always try more, but you can’t take it back. Try 5, wait 90 minutes and see how you feel.” Budtender’s tip: “With the baked goods, you have an issue of cannabis butter and oil versus hash,” said Gollihugh. “Butter is more of a traditional high. If old school stoners come and tell me, ‘I smoked a lot in the ’70s, and haven’t smoked since,’ I recommend cannabis butter. It will be more familiar for them. A more gradual high, very gentle as it takes a while for the body to digest it. The Wana sour gummies [a very popular edible candy] have hash in them, so if you eat a bunch of them, you’ll probably fall or asleep or just sit still for an hour.”

Dabbing

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For somebody starting out, I don’t think dabbing is right,” Progar said. “We’ve got stuff that’s testing out in the mid-90 percent THC, so you take one dab of that at night and you’re ready for bed! It’s very strong. Max Progar Colorado Grow, master grower/manager

take one dab of that at night and you’re ready for bed! It’s very strong.”

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Pros: “Most people who buy these are iffy about marijuana in general, so they feel more comfortable putting a patch on their foot and then putting a sock over it,” said Progar. “You don’t see it, it’s very lowkey. They don’t feel as if they’re doing as bad of a thing in their head!”

Transdermal patches This is a cannabis-infused patch that you wear on your body (like a NicoDerm patch to quit smoking), and it lasts eight to 12 hours.

Gollihugh particularly advocates the

use of these to customers who have broken their leg and have to be laid up for while, or for people who have chronic nausea from chemo or stomach problems. Cons: Gollihugh cautions against misconceptions about the patches: “You might see a 20-milligram patch and doubt it will get you high, but it’s not going through a digestive process or your lungs, it’s going right through your skin to your blood,” he said. “Twenty milligrams in your blood is a heck of a lot different than 100 milligrams in your mouth. With the patches, you’re talking about the minutest dose. I’ve had customers try them and say ‘nothing’s happening!’ and then they’ve been sitting in their chair for 45 minutes without moving.” Budtender’s tip: You don’t put the patch on the direct area you want to treat. “Put it on the soft tissue areas of your body, like the top of your foot, your wrist, behind your ear,” said Gollihugh. “If you’re a lightweight, you can even cut the patch into four doses and wear it for multiple days.”

Dabbing might sound weird to laymen, but it seems to be gaining swift popularity among seasoned tokers. It’s probably the most complicated method of ingestion to explain. A “dab” is a cannabis concentrate (hash oil, shatter or wax) that you drop on a heated water-pipe attachment and inhale. The attachment is either a glass or metallic nail that’s heated up using a butane torch.

Cons: It could possibly look like you’re smoking crack cocaine. Best not to flaunt this one around in public (not that you should be getting stoned in public, anyway). And don’t try this method if you have a low THC tolerance, because it’s intense. “I’ve had a couple people come in and be like, ‘I know what this is, I was a child of the ’80s,’” said Gollihugh. “You’re heating something up and you’re putting something on it. It’s not the best face of the industry. It’s something that’s abused a little.” Budtender’s tip: “For somebody starting out, I don’t think dabbing is right,” Progar said. “We’ve got stuff that’s testing out in the mid-90 percent THC, so you

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Pros: Progar tends to recommend dabbing only for people on the recreational side. “There are some CBD dabs, but dabbing is a very concentrated form of whatever it is you’re try to dab,” he said. Basically, dabbing makes good sense for someone looking to get REALLY high.

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[movies] The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble Playing at Animas City Theatre Rating: PG-13 Genre: Documen-

Trolls working to bring down ‘Ghostbusters’ BY Stephanie Mer r y

tary

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As of this writing, the IMDb rating for “Ghostbusters” is sitting at 3.7/10. More than 6,500 users have weighed in on the movie, which is interesting considering it hasn’t even opened yet. The comedy has only screened for critics in some cities (D.C., for example, didn’t get a screening until Wednesday), and yet thousands of people have apparently seen the action comedy and flocked to IMDb to let their voices be heard. And those voices have settled on an extremely low rating. It’s not exactly “Baby Geniuses 2” territory, but it’s especially dismal compared to Paul Feig’s other comedic collaborations with Melissa McCarthy, like “The Heat” (6.6), “Spy” (7.1) and “Bridesmaids” (6.8). Of course, “Ghostbusters” isn’t just any action comedy. It’s the action comedy that whiny trolls claim they hate because it’s bad, rather than because it stars women. But let’s play along and assume the IMDb hate isn’t about sexism. Let’s just look at the numbers, which are admittedly fishy. Of the 6,654 voters, 3,842, or 57.7 percent, gave the movie one star. A vast majority of the reviewers are men: 4,268, compared to 509 female voters. And the disparity between the way men and women vote is interesting. For example, in the demographic of users aged 18 to 29, 1,669 men averaged a 3.1 rating, while 243 women averaged 7.1. Even a stereotypically femalecentric movie like “Pride & Prejudice” or “27 Dresses” doesn’t have that kind of stark divide. It’s also worth looking at the top 1,000 voters – basically IMDb’s power users. Those voters, though always a small group, tend to vote pretty close to the overall average, although they’re also usually tougher on movies. With “Finding Dory,” for example, 80 top-1,000 voters averaged 7.8 while the overall rating was 7.9. To go back to the horrifyingly awful “Superbabies:

Morgan Neville Runtime: 1 hr 36

min. Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 84% Synopsis: The story of the interna-

tional musical collective created by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

The Infiltrator Playing at the Gaslight Rating: R Genre: Drama Directed by: Brad

Furman Written by: Ellen

Brown Furman Runtime: 2 hr. 7 min. Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 65% Synopsis: Based on a true story, U.S.

Customs agent Robert “Bob” Mazur goes deep undercover to infiltrate Pablo Escobar’s blood-soaked drug trafficking scene plaguing the nation in 1985.

I saw the Light Playing at the Gaslight (Wednesday only) Rating: R Genre: Drama,

musical & performing arts Directed by: Marc Abraham Written by: Marc Abraham Runtime: 2 hr. 3 min. Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 21% Synopsis: The story of the legend-

ary country western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music.

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»» From left, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones star in the new “Ghostbusters” reboot.

Ghostbusters Playing at Stadium 9 (Also available in 3-D with surcharge) Rating: PG-13 Genre: Action & adventure, comedy,

science fiction & fantasy Directed by: Paul Feig Written by: Paul Feig, Katie Dip-

pold Runtime: 1 hr. 45 min. Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 78%

Baby Geniuses 2,” 206 top-1,000ers gave the movie 1.6, compared to an overall average of 1.9. For a bigger gap, see “Batman v Superman,” which the top 1,000 awarded 5.8 compared to a 7 average. With “Ghostbusters,” only 21 of the top 1,000 have seen and voted on the movie (because, well, the movie hasn’t come out yet!), but they average a score of 5.1. In other words, the campaign to force “Ghostbusters” to tank – which

started with an epic turnout to downvote the movie’s trailer on Twitter – has continued apace. Why people spend so much time trolling a new release, rather than just opting not to see it, is anyone’s guess. This looks a lot like a coordinated campaign, though counter-attacks are making it look like a bigger issue than it is. A Reddit user who has written pro-“Ghostbusters” opinions in the past posed as a hater, beginning a thread with: “OK, so obviously the reviews aren’t as bad as we had hoped. So what more can we do at this point to make sure that the public knows it’s terrible so that it bombs?” The media bought it. Meanwhile, the picture looks less bleak for “Ghostbusters” in the critical realm. With 74 reviews in so far, 56 – or 76 percent – have been positive. It’s a rare day that studios appreciate the positivity of critics. So maybe “Ghostbusters” isn’t so bad after all. But don’t bother telling that to the conspiracy theorists: The new story is that Sony must have paid off critics. So much for logic.

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Check this out “My Name is Lucy Barton” by Elizabeth Strout I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy of “My Name is Lucy Barton” by Elizabeth Strout. The author wrote one of my favorite books of all time, Pulitzer-Prize winner “Olive Kitteridge.” You’d never describe Strout’s style of storytelling as plot-driven. The characters are the gold that Strout spins. This is a complicated little book (a short 209 pages) that focuses on a five-day period where Lucy Barton’s estranged mother from Amgash, Illinois, visits her in a Manhattan hospital. Over the course of the visit, mother and daughter reconnect by talking superficialities, such as gossip about neighbors in the small town where Lucy grew up. Beneath the superficial, however, is a raw, slow reveal of Lucy’s childhood: the poverty, abuse and hardship that caused Lucy to put her past and parents behind her. While the visit is a flash from Lucy’s future, after her divorce and the death of both parents, the jumps between past, present and future feel natural, as if a friend is telling us a story and must fill us in on details once forgotten and now remembered. The book’s been called emotional and soulful. It’s those things for sure. But it’s a tough (emotional) read because of Strout’s ability to capture the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, especially one so wrought with blame and longing. I felt a bit put through the wringer after finishing the novel, but didn’t regret taking another chance to read Strout’s powerful prose.

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[ weed ] Seeing Through the Smoke Christopher Gallagher

Cannabusiness and cash: We’re still at the whims of the feds

o you have those situations in your life that just shimmer with a “Groundhog Day” vibration? Maybe it’s a friend who comes to all your get-togethers, brings crappy beer and pounds as many tasty brews in as short a time as possible; a relative who serves the same terrible 1970s casserole when you arrive for your twiceyearly mandatory visits; a spouse who can’t understand that you don’t want to watch “The Voice” auditions again this season because ... What in the world ever happens to the goddamn contestants from that show, anyway? It’s like NBC’s own little black hole; yeah, some of them are talented, but we’re never going to hear from them again – hasn’t that been established in your mind yet?!?!? Maybe that last one is just me. OK, OK. I’m OK now. The latest episode of “This Also Makes Zero Sense” involves the brackish waters where weed money meets the banking system. It’s a familiar mantra to anyone familiar with the history of the medical marijuana programs, which have grown nationwide over the past two decades to include about half the states in the Union. States have the right to run their programs, but if the Justice Department decides that its interests supersede those of the states, well, get ready for a mess. With the addition of a burgeoning recreational weed program in Colorado that took in nearly a billion dollars in revenue last year, the mess comes, strangely enough, in the form of cold, hard cash. Cash is great, but once you hit a certain critical mass, it can become a bit heavy. A hundred pounds in a duffel bag is a hundred pounds whether it’s a hundred pounds of reserve notes or a hundred pounds of rocks. An American bill of any denomination weighs one gram. There are 454 grams in a pound. A little addition, a little division: If you were to use only $100 bills, the weight a million dollars in cash is 22.026 pounds; twice that for 50s; 110.13 pounds for 20s; twice that for 10s. You get the pattern.

Illustration by David Holub/DGO

Why am I talking about duffel bags full of cash when weed is perfectly legal to adults over the age of 21 in Colorado? It’s legal to consume (with a few restrictions); it’s legal to sell; but what is not allowed is for a cannabis business owner to take the money made at their statesanctioned business and to deposit that cash into a federally regulated bank. Having too much cash is not what most would consider a “problem,” but there have been security challenges and robberies of cannabis facilities statewide, including a case last year in Durango that included a theft at gunpoint. There are also issues with using credit cards. As these pieces of plastic that dominate the lives of most folks under retirement age are also regulated by the feds, their use in marijuana exchanges is banned by federal statute (a situation for which there are work-

arounds being used by some cannabis retail outlets in Durango or across the state); while nobody in law enforcement is working overtime to jam up legitimate business owners, this is another situation created by the federal government that makes the cannabis business more complicated than it needs to be. Safety, convenience, utter lack of common sense: Add each of these to the list of negatives associated with the federal government’s continued prohibition of cannabis. Next week, we’ll take a look at the specific laws that govern cash and cannabis and the efforts that have been made by business owners and bankers in the Centennial State to rectify this issue. Christopher Gallagher lives with his wife and their four dogs and two horses. Life is pretty darn good. Contact him at chrstphrgallagher@gmail.com

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[Netflix and chill — 420 edition]

‘28 Weeks Later’ Take it from someone who saw this movie in a theater, under the influence, all the way back in 2007: You will love it if you are stoned, but you might want to steer clear if you have any sort of existing heart condition. The first 15 minutes or so exemplify some truly masterful, relentless action-horror filmmaking; but they’re almost impossibly exhausting. If you enjoyed “Mad Max: Fury Road” (which you should have), “28 Weeks Later” moves at a similarly breakneck pace, except it’s about zombies. These aren’t your momma’s listless “Night of the Living Dead” zombies, either, who trudge and shuffle along slowly enough for characters to escape in the nick of time. These creatures emerged at the forefront of the speedy-zombie movement, and sprint as fast as they possibly can to feed on flesh, eyes bloodshot and someone else’s gore already dripping down their jaws. The story takes place six months after a “rage virus” has annihilated Great Britain. The country is under control of military personnel and everyone is quarantined so as to prevent the infiltration of more infection. Nobody actually uses the word “zombie,” since the film is meant more as a metaphor for the rampant spread of disease, not

outbreak. I usually prefer the slow-building, nuanced horror; but “Weeks” is both more vicious AND equally intelligent. I won’t give anything else away, though rest assured a loving family is torn apart in a devastating fashion.

as the latest addition to the monster flick canon. But the virus makes people pretty zombified, both enraged and eager to murder their friends and family. It gets spread through contact with the infected’s blood, so one bite’ll do ya. At the movie’s beginning, NATO forces have finally declared the country free from infection, but of course they are wrong. “28 Weeks” is a sequel to “28 Days Later,” a film directed by Danny Boyle of “127 Hours” and “Trainspotting” fame and featuring the same zombies overtaking Britain. But the first installment was slower and more contemplative; in its most famous sequence, a lone man awakens in a hospital and wanders outside to find London completely deserted, having been in a coma during the virus

Stoners can probably relate to zombies. Both are super hungry and a little sluggish. It’s safe to say the “Living Dead” crowd are indica appreciators, while the “28 Weeks” guys probably have access to some potent, energetic sativa. I wonder if rage-virus-infected stoners would be easier or more difficult to defeat than your average sober citizen. Let’s just hope we never have to find out. —— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

[stoned tweets] I just watched a documentary on marijuana. I think all documentaries should be watched this way. Spencer Hicks @SpencerLenox

me: what time is it? tour guide: 4:20 me: how can you tell? tour guide: See how high the sun is? [sun is eating spaghettiOs with a spatula] @Gre_Gone

Stoner costume idea: smoke weed with four of your friends and go as a “high five” Jeff Wysaski @pleatedjeans

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[love and sex]

Savage Love | Dan Savage

I want to be married ... but should I settle? I’m in my mid-40s, straight, never married. Ten months ago, my girlfriend of three years dumped me. She got bored with the relationship and is generally not the marrying type. The breakup was amicable. I still love her and miss her. Last week, I wrote her a letter saying that I still love her and want us to get back together. She wrote me a nice letter back saying she doesn’t feel passion for me and we’re never getting back together. Over the past few months, I’ve started dating another girl. She’s pretty, smart, sexy and kind. If I proposed, she’d probably say yes. I want to get married. The problem is that I don’t have the passion for her that I had for my previous girlfriend. So do I “settle” for Girlfriend #2 or start my search all over? Please don’t give me the bullshit that love can happen at any age. At my age, the number of single women without kids is low. How many married people “settle” for someone who is a good person but not their true love? No Clever Acronym There is no settling down without some settling for. Please make a note of it. Also, NCA, while passion is a great feeling – totally intoxicating – it also tends to be ephemeral. It’s a hard feeling to sustain over the long haul, and marriage is theoretically the longest of long hauls. You felt strongly about your ex, but she didn’t share your feelings. You don’t feel quite as strongly about your current girlfriend, but you would like to be married – to someone, maybe her – and Girlfriend #2 seems like a good candidate. I wouldn’t suggest proposing, as you’ve been seeing her for only a few months and most sane women view early, impulsive proposals as red flags. And finally, NCA, the specter of a “true love” waiting for us out there somewhere, either lost or not yet found,

snuffs out more good-and-loving-andtotally-worth-settling-for relationships than anything this side of cheating. My girlfriend has started seeing other partners. It makes her happy, and in turn I’m happy for her. It’s taking me a bit of time to adjust to the new situation, but she’s happier than she’s been in ages. We love each other and are crazily compatible. Today she came back from a hotel with bite marks on her breasts. I know she’s been with a few people over the last few weeks, but being reminded of it each time I look at or touch her makes me uncomfortable. What’s more, the guy who did it knew she was part of a long-term couple. Do I need to get over it for the sake of my girlfriend or do I make an issue of hickeys? Boy Really Unnerved In Seeing Evidence If you and the girlfriend have a don’t ask, don’t tell policy about her hookups with others, BRUISE, then hickeys and other kinds of slow-fading marks violate the spirit of that agreement. Those kinds of marks amount to a nonverbal “tell.” You have a right to calmly point that out to your girlfriend, and she has a responsibility, in the future and in the moment, to remind/warn her outside sex partners that leaving slow-fading marks on her breasts, neck, thighs, forehead, insoles, eyelids, etc., is out of bounds. For your part, BRUISE, don’t inspect your girlfriend post-hookup for the kinds of marks that fade quickly after sex, as that would amount to a nonverbal ask. My first refractory period – the time it takes me to get ready to have sex again after my first orgasm – is shorter than the time it takes me to lose my erection. I was in a relation-

ship and wasn’t using condoms anymore by the time I figured this out, so it was just generally good times – I’d blow my load, take less than a minute to catch my breath and be ready to go again. But now that I’m single and entering the dating pool, I’m going to be wrapping it again. Obviously. But I’m not 100 percent sure it’s safe to blow two loads into one condom. I’m not sure how much ejaculate I’m producing the second time I come, but it’s surely less than the first time. I’m not confident that “second” erection would survive the whole taking-offthe-condom-and-tying-it-up-andthen-putting-on-another-condom exercise, but I would like to avoid that rigmarole if possible. So is it safe to blow two loads in a single condom? Two Pump Champ The failure rate for condoms when used correctly is low (2 percent), TPC, but the failure rate for condoms when used incorrectly is high (18 percent). Leaks are the most common way condoms fail, and slamming your [rooster] in and out of someone with a fully loaded condom wrapped around it will result in leaks. Even if your second load consists of nothing but good intentions, TPC, reusing a condom the way you describe is a recipe for disaster, impregnation, disease transmission or all of the above. I have to put my two cents in about Heartbroken And Devastated, the man who discovered that his wife has been cheating on him the entire time they have been together. Her constant and selfish betrayal is egregious. Instead of being honest and giving him a chance to be in an open relationship, she chose to make a fool out of him. She is selfish and a slut. Not to mention that she could have given him an STD, AIDS, you name it. I disagree with you about

the concept of monogamy – I don’t think it is a fantasy. I believe there is something that separates us from the animals, and that’s called integrity and self-control. I am happily married to a beautiful woman. I am a singer in a band, I get hit on all the time, but I don’t act on it. Because some of us have a conscience and don’t betray the ones we’ve made a COMMITMENT TO. I wish HAD the best of luck, but I hope he moves on and finds someone who will appreciate him. Monogamous And Proud In Portland I have a few questions for you, MAPIP, but first: I agree that HAD’s wife betrayed him in an extreme and egregious way, and I made that clear in my response. (“The scale, duration and psychological cruelty of your wife’s betrayals may be too great for you to overcome.”) Now here’s my question for you: What did you make a COMMITMENT TO? Was it to your wife or was it to an ideal? Did you commit to a fallible human being or did you commit to a principle? Let’s say your wife screwed up and cheated – which happens all the time, it could happen to you (you do realize you’re whistling past the world’s most densely populated graveyard), women cheat now at pretty much the same rate men do – and let’s say it was a far less egregious betrayal than the one HAD is suffering through. Let’s say it was a one-off, years from now, or maybe a two-off. Would you stay and try to save your marriage or would you leave your wife? Staying and trying to save your marriage says, “I committed myself to this person,” leaving says, “I committed myself to this ideal.” If your ideals are more important to you than your spouse, I think you’re doing marriage wrong. But you’re free to disagree.

Dan Savage is a nationally syndicated sex advice columnist writing for The Stranger in Seattle. Contact him at mail@savagelove.net or @fakedansavage on Twitter and listen to his podcast every week at savagelovecast.com

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[happening] Dave Mensch: Playing at a venue near you Dave Mensch may very well be the hardest-working guy in local showbiz. Not only can you find the Durango singer-songwriter playing his brand of acoustic rock and country around the state, he’s also taken to the stage as an actor, starring in last year’s musical “Rent.” So if you’re looking to catch one of his shows this weekend, you’re in luck: He’ll be at the Silverton Summer Music Series at 5 p.m. Friday; the Lasso Horse Rescue Event in Pagosa Springs at 7 p.m. Saturday; and he’ll be wrapping up the weekend at The Hideaway Grill Lake Vallecito in Bayfield at 1 p.m. Sunday. Mensch will make his next Durango appearance at 9 p.m. July 23 at the Irish Embassy. For more information, check out Mensch’s website: http://davemensch.com. Courtesy of Dave Mensch

Thursday The Assortment, 5-8 p.m., James Ranch

Burger and Band Night, 33846 US-550, 6761023. Stillwater Performers, Thursday Ac-

coustic Lunches, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., , Smiley Cafe, 1309 East Third Ave, 426-8340. Concert Hall @ The Park with Mo’ Mojo, 5:30 p.m., Buckley Park. Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

Ranch Patio, 589 County Road 252, 247-8774.

Culture Celebration, 6 p.m., Manna Soup

Nina Sasaki & Dave Rust, 7-10 p.m., The

Teaching Kitchen, 1100 Avenida del Sol, 3855095.

Ragtime Piano, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle

Jeff Solon Jazz Duo, 6 p.m., Macho’s, 1485

Nina Sasaki with Dave Rust, 5-9 p.m.,

Plate, 42 CR 250.

Friday

Florida Road.

Artists’ Opening Reception, Beth

Old West Gunfights, 7 p.m., Diamond

Moon, Jeremy Wade Shockley, and Karen Peterson, 5-8 p.m., Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Avenue, 382-8355. The Assortment, 6-9 p.m., Fox Fire Farms,

Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. Celebration! - Festival Orchestra Concert presented by Music in the Mountains, 7 p.m., Festival Tent at Purga-

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. Doubletree Animas River Cafe, 501 Camino del Rio, 259-6580.

Sunday Henry Stoy, piano, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-

Pierre Bakery, 601 Main Ave., 385-0122.

5513 County Road 321, Ignacio, 563-4675.

tory Resort.

Open mic, 7-11 p.m., Steaming Bean, lo-

Pants Party, 9 p.m., Animas City Theatre,

128 East College Drive, 799-2281.

Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com.

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

cated downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub. com.

Saturday

Ragtime Piano, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

Jazz church (experienced musician drop-in session), 6 p.m., Derailed Pour

Henry Stoy, piano, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-

Pierre Bakery, 601 Main Ave., 385-0122.

House, 725 Main Ave., 247-5440, www.derailedpourhouse.com.

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 3752568. Karaoke, 9 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. Trivia, 6:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Cen-

ter, 1333 Camino del Rio, 259-9234. Transcendence: chamber concert presented by Music in the Mountains, 7 p.m., St. Columba Catholic Church,

1800 East Second Ave. The Durango Western Music and Vaudeville Show, 7 p.m., Henry Strater

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160. Little Wilderness, 9 p.m., Animas City The-

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801. The Durango Western Music and Vaudeville Show, 7 p.m., Henry Strater

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160. The Kirk James Blues Band, 5-9 p.m.,

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

The Durango Western Music and Vaudeville Show, 7 p.m., Henry Strater

Time Travel - Festival Orchestra Concert presented by Music in the Mountains, 5:30 p.m., Festival Tent at Pur-

Balcony Bar & Grill, 600 Main Ave., 422-2008.

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160.

Oatie Paste, Be Like Max, and The Holo-

Free Open Orchestra Rehearsal Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, 11 a.m., Festival Tent at Purgatory

phonics, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard Street, 247-5792. Free Pre-Concert Lecture - Music in the Mountains, 6 p.m., Durango Mountain

atre, 128 East College Drive, 799-2281.

Club at Purgatory Resort.

Kirk James, solo blues, 6-8 p.m., Dalton

Bastille Day French Culinary and

Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m.,

Resort. Party in the Park - World Concert presented by Music in the Mountains and KSUT, 2 p.m. at Buckley Park.

gatory Resort.

Monday Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR

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[happening] There’s gonna be a Pants Party at the ACT

Where should we

DGO tonight?

Pants Party and Diabolical Sound Platoon are throwing a party you don’t want to miss Friday night at Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. This local band doubleheader will have you shaking your rump to their infectious grooves and ridiculous beats. Pants Party is a funky dance band made up of Mark Shriver on keyboards; Sam Kelly on alto-sax; Spencer Church on bass; Joe Colomb on drums; Jake Padilla on guitar; Brian Stoneback on tenor-sax; and Jai Jones on vocals. Courtesy of Animas City Theatre And Diabolical Sound Platoon, including Obi One as MC, human beat-box and wordsmith; The Prestidigitator as MC and wordsmith; The Human Genome as MC and wordsmith; David Rodriguez on drums; Evan Fricke on electric and upright bass; Russ Crossland on electric guitar; Bryce Staley on trombone; and Kelly Emery on trumpet. Doors open at 8:30 and the show starts at 9. This is an 18 and older show. Tickets are $10 and you can get yours at www.animascitytheatre. com. For more information, call 799-2281.

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sypub.com.

Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska

Open studio figure drawing, 6:308:30 p.m., $15/$10, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts.org.

Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., yoga and a pint of beer for $10, www.skabrewing.com.

Your #1 source for what’s going on around Durango dgomag.com/calendar

Spoken Word, 7-9 p.m., Steaming Bean,

Pub quiz, 6:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200.

Tuesday

Fairgrounds.

Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main

Pingpong and poker tournament, 8

Wednesday The Assortment: Community Concerts in the Secret Garden, (Women’s

Resource Center benefit), 5-7 p.m., Rochester Hotel Secret Garden, 726 East Second Ave., 385-1920, www.swcommunityfoundation.org.

to the DGO calendar with

BREW Pub & Kitchen, 117 W. College Drive, 259-5959.

located downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub.com.

Ave., 259-9018.

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Geeks Who Drink trivia, 8:30 p.m.,

Two-step and cha-cha dance lessons, 6:30-7:30 p.m., $10, Wild Horse Saloon,

601 East Second Ave., 799-8832. Bluegrass Jam, 6-9 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembas-

True West Rodeo, 7 p.m., La Plata County

p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018. Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 3752568.

Submissions To submit listings for publication in DGO and dgomag.com, go to www.

swscene.com and click “Add Your Event,” fill out the form with all your event info and submit. Listings at swscene.com will appear both at dgomag.com and in our weekly print edition. Posting events at swscene.com is free and takes about one business day to process.

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Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

children. (It only takes a minute.)

In discussions about inheritances and shared property, you have strong ideas. You intend to fight for your rights or the rights of someone else.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Guard against outbursts of anger this week, either on your part or the part of someone else, because people are opinionated. Everyone wants to give you a piece of their mind. (Yikes!) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You will need to be patient with coworkers today because people are easily upset. Someone might be moody, aggressive or impulsive. (Walk softly and carry a big cellphone.) CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

Bizarro

Romantic partners might quarrel because someone is emotionally upset. Parents will have to be patient with

Domestic arguments might break out because someone, probably a female family member, is upset. Remember: Patience is the antidote to anger. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Guard against knee-jerk reactions when talking to others. You don’t want to say something that you’ll later regret, which is very easy to do this week. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) A heated discussion about cash flow, money or possessions might take place. Be careful because your emotions will overrule your logic. Think before you speak. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You will say what you mean and mean what you say because you feel

courageous and you have strong opinions. Be wise and think before you speak. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You have lots of energy to do research or find behind-the-scenes solutions. If you are searching for something, you won’t stop until you find what you are looking for. You’ll be relentless. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) A female friend will be feisty. If things are touch-and-go, this is a poor week to mention anything that could lead to an argument. Just tread water and carry on business as usual. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Relations with your boss (or a parent) will be emotional. If you aren’t happy, this is not the week to express

your grievances or ask for permission or approval. Wait for another. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues because people are just too emotional. More than that, they want to express their opinions. Easy does it. BORN THIS WEEK You easily convince others of your way of thinking because you are charming, confident, humorous and seductive. This is a year of choice. You likely will make an important decision. In the first half of the year, reduce your overhead expenses so that you are financially strong later in the year. Happiness is having alternatives. © 2016 King Features Syndicate Inc.

[stoned tweets] BEWARE: smoking weed can have dangerous side effects, such as never shutting the [bleep] up about the fact you smoke weed @antijokeapple

I’ve been smoking weed for years and I still wait for stop signs to turn green sometimes. @milliondollameat

Doing drugs is an escapist act, you’re obsessed with getting high when you should be organizing towards revolution. @DontDrugUse

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