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Whether you’re Democrat or Republican, it may be time to look into getting out of the States. Let graduate student Katherine Walker tell you about her time teaching English and living in France in the latter part of last year.

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n his fascinating book “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell popularized the notion of the “10,000 hour rule,” based on the research of Swedish psychologist Dr. Anders Ericsson, which states that 10,000 hours is roughly the amount of time it takes in deliberate practice to achieve worldclass expertise in any skill, be it golf, chess, violin or taxidermy.

While Gladwell may have oversimplifed the principle, on a recent episode of “Freakonomics Radio,” he said his intention was to show not just how much practice is needed in addition to any natural ability or talent, but also something we don’t always recognize as being integral to success at anything: The help and support of others.

“If there’s a kind of incredibly prolonged period that is necessary for the incubation of genius, high-performance, elite status of one sort of another,” Gladwell said, “then that means there always has to be a group of people behind the elite performer making that kind of practice possible.”

I often think of Gladwell and the 10,000hour rule inside our rank political climate with the rhetoric of “makers and takers,” where one is vilified for having the optimism to say we’d be “stronger together,” and another crucified for saying “if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own.” And of course, the megalomaniac running for president who attributes his wealth to his big brain and cunning business genius and nothing to do with the million-dollar headstart he received from his rich father, born on third base thinking he hit a triple.

I got thinking about the notion of being “stronger together,” how things work better for all when we cooperate, give to others and pool resources for the greater good. It came from a wildly unexpected source: pikas.

In an episode of his documentary series “Life Story,” naturalist David Attenborough shows the food-stockpiling behavior of the tiny, large-eared rodents living in alpine regions of the North American Rockies.

Pikas often make their homes in vast boulder fields near grassy fields and meadows that are free of snow cover for just a few months a year. Over a span of

mere weeks, pikas, because they do not hibernate, must stockpile as much vegetation as possible to get through the winter.

This requires around 100 trips a day from the safety of their rocky homes to the open fields. And the location of their burrows makes a huge difference. A pika that lives closer to the field – call her the rich pika – makes shorter trips, therefore more trips and is exposed to fewer predators.

And as a result of this simple proximity, the rich pika’s burrow overflows with food.

Meanwhile, pikas living away from the meadow have to travel farther, work harder, expose themselves to more danger, and in the end, still have less food.

Now, would anyone think that this rich pika has an abundance of food because she is smarter or works harder? Or that the poor pikas have less because they are lazy, dumb or inferior? Of course not. It’s easy for us to identify why some pikas are rich and some are poor.

And then something else happens. While the rich pika is away in the meadow gathering even more food to add to its cache, another pika raids the stash, stealing as much grass as she can fit in her mouth.

In the episode, the rich pika catches the poor pika in the act and gives chase to confront the thief.

Of course, the rich pika is only concerned about her survival. But if she had an evolutionary inclination to look out for the rest of her pika community, she might behave differently. Recognizing how and why one pika has more than the rest, they might devise a system where worker pikas bring loads of vegetation from the fields to a safe distribution location and then dispersed throughout the rest of the pika colony.

With an intelligent birds-eye view, it’s easy for us to imagine a more peaceful, thriving community of cooperation, one where everybody wins and not just a few.

So, do we want to live in a society where the rich are rewarded often because the luck of the draw they were born into, the burrows they occupy that just so happen to be closer to the meadow?

Pikas are pint-sized animals with the pea-sized brains. What kind of animals do we want to be?

Thomas Kinkade Love it Thomas Kinkade’s art isn’t good. It’s cheesy, sentimental and meaningless. It’s also wildly popular in this country, which says plenty about the artistic tastes of Americans. Kinkade’s assistants apparently did the brunt of the painting work for him, while Kinkade just added finishing touches. None too surprising, as there are literally hundreds of those kitschy paintings, far too many for one man to make alone.

This being said, I guiltily enjoy his stuff. Not because it makes me think or showcases any impressive technique – it does neither of those things. The scholarly part of my brain knows it is terrible. But the works capture a certain cozy idealism that I find comforting, on a purely visceral level. A level I cannot control.

Kinkade’s paintings mostly feature bucolic cottages planted near mountain streams or deep inside rosy autumn woods. These are places I wish I could live, but never will; not because they are colors on canvas, but because they do not exist in any conceivable reality. They are mythic and evocative.

Each cottage has five or more jewel-bright windows, warmth beaming out to meet the coming darkness. Smoke is always billowing softly from some chimney, even if the house is in the flush of summer. There’s always light reflected in a glistening river or on pavement. I kind of like the snow-covered houses best, the ones surrounded by frosted evergreens with Christmas wreaths and cheery snowmen in the front yard.

Sometimes you’ll see kids playing innocently or a loyal dog shagging around. It’s not real life. But it looks pretty nice.

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Hate it Disregard Kinkade’s mass-marketing, his cornering of the shopping mall market, the fact that his paintings are almost exclusively pre-fabricated bases, spiffed up by all-but-minimumwage apprentices using actual paint and brushes, his studio assistants who helped paint reproductions of most of his works and called them originals. Disregard the Hallmark heresy, selling out on the soulless QVC home shopping network and the fact that his groan-inducing moniker “The Painter of Light,” wasn’t even an original moniker (that belonged to 19th century British painter J. M. W. Turner). Disregard that he was a jerk and drunkard.

In the end, his paintings are quite literally garbage. He has the nauseating idealism of Norman Rockwell without the social commentary, historical significance and astute point of view. He’s like every other commercial artist but with a snide, holier-than-thou, can-you-believe-I-actually-take-myself-seriously, high-horse of an attitude.

The scenes in most of his paintings do not exist and never existed. His saccharine, sentimental subject matter is full of fantasy, yet there’s nothing fantastical about them. His work is easy. Easy to consume, easy to understand, easy to replicate: His worldwide reach is due in large part to the vast number of forgeries floating around.

Thomas Kinkade’s “work,” his kitschy, Cracker Barrel aesthetic, his puzzle-ready, greeting card, candy-coated commercialization was and is art – and even commercial art – at its worst.

— David Holub

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Get Smart | Cyle Talley

On living abroad Whether you’re Democrat or Republican, it may be time to look into getting out of the States. Let graduate student Katherine Walker tell you about her time teaching English and living in France in the latter part of last year.

Where were you living in France?

not me.” Any time people would bring up Trump, I would just laugh with them.

“This is not real life. I don’t know what this is, but it’s not real. We’re all as confused as you are.”

Two hours north of Toulouse. Tiny little town, population 5,000. There wasn’t a bus system or a single fast food restaurant. The street I lived on was cobblestone and maybe five feet wide – just enough for a car to get up it if it absolutely had to. Very quaint, with a huge clock tower in the center of town.

If you were to live there longer, what would change?

I wouldn’t take much at all. You should be able to get whatever you need wherever you are. I might not take anything, honestly. My passport and my wallet ... and my dog, if I can.

How much did you bring with you?

I had a backpacking backpack, a rolling suitcase – a small one – and my purse.

Not a ton.

Traveling light, eh? Just the essentials? [laughs] No, I brought a lot of sweaters – because to me, those are the essentials. I brought my computer, a Kindle and a lot of sweaters.

What about your apartment?

It was so cute. One bedroom, with a little kitchenette. A little bathroom off to the side, and these two huge French windows [sighs deeply]. It was so good.

Probably the cutest place I’ll ever live.

When did homesickness set in?

It wasn’t until the last six weeks. It was after the last vacation period. The way the school year is set up over there, you teach for six weeks and then take a two-week vacation. It was right before the last vacation period where I was like, “Oh man, I am all by myself in this tiny little town.”

Did existential dread ever set in?

Oh yeah. “What am I doing in France?”

“What am I going to do when I get back?” There were two guys I had met – one from the school, and one from the local bar – and it was like, “Do I want to hang out with them and not be alone all the time?” They were very nice, but

What was most entertaining about living there?

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»» Katherine Walker in Carcassonne, France, in late 2015. every time we hung out, guaranteed they would hit on me at least once and it was like, “You know, I’d rather be alone.

I’d rather read another book.”

You didn’t want a French love affair?

Have you met French men?

I have not.

They’re just [shakes head] no, no.

But French women are so—!

They are! And they’re so out of the mens’ league! I wanted to shake them and tell them that they could do so much better, but they’ll never know.

What was difficult to get used to?

There’s poop everywhere. There were so many old people in town who would walk their dogs and not pick up after them!

My theme song for France became, “Poop, There It Is!” The language. Not French, but how comfortable everyone is with cursing. They say dirty words all the time. I had to tell my students that it wasn’t OK to call me a bitch. Lots of trash. I heard that in Paris, they finally started fining people for throwing cigarette butts on the street. People just

throw them anywhere – the middle of the sidewalk, the street, whatever.

How did you feel foreign?

They can spot you from a mile away.

Usually, they didn’t think I was American, which was awesome, but they knew I wasn’t French. It’s how you carry yourself. Toward the end, I went to several other countries and they did think I was French. You don’t smile at anybody on the street or make eye contact. You basically look like a bitch all the time. You have to! If a girl smiles at a guy, that basically means, “Hey, do you want to come to my bed?” So you don’t do that. If you make eye contact, they’re like, “Oh man, I’m a smile away!” Other than that, probably the food I bought at the grocery store. I would go to the foreign section to get cans of beans and tortilla chips and they would look at me like, “Whaddya gonna do with that?!”

Luckily, I love cheese.

I loved getting a little bit tipsy and going and talking with everybody outside who was smoking. You can learn so much. For me, it’s been the best way to practice speaking another language.

Everybody’s comfortable, nobody cares if you have an accent or if you’re grammar is correct – their grammar usually isn’t correct either!

How did living abroad change you?

What was hardest about being an American?

A lot of people say that they only feel alive in another country. I call bullshit.

Coming back gave me a new perspective of everything. I’ve never appreciated my family so much as I have this summer, or loved the mountains more. I’m determined to find the high you get as a foreigner anywhere. I think blaming the way you feel on your surroundings isn’t fair. You can find that feeling anywhere.

You get to choose the people you surround yourself with, the attitude you’re going to have and the contributions you’re going to make to those around you. This sounds cheesy, but you never know if you’re going to get to go back to a country, of if you’re going to wake up in the morning. If you think of that, then you can make the most of any day.

Whenever I’d be talking to someone who’d give me shit for being an American, I’d say, “You don’t know me. I’m not my country. I get that this country has done some terrible things, but that’s

Cyle Talley will just say it now: Johnson/ Weld 2016! 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

Carrie Nation is gritty and aggressive and totally DIY

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closer to the fans. he hatchet-wield“There’s really nothing ing Carrie Nation that needs to be done that we wouldn’t be don’t do ourselves” said guithrilled with being the namesake of a tar player and vocalist Jarrod rowdy band. An outspoken Starling. leader of the temperance Their story is similar movement pre-dating to the story of many rock prohibition, Nation would bands, starting with brothers attack saloons with rocks hanging out and learning and other primitive imfolk songs, which eventually plements of destruction gives way to getting booked around Kansas, Missouri for a show. A new bass player and Arkansas at the turn brought along a friend with of the 19th century to a trombone, something they stop men from consuming didn’t need, yet they found a booze. way to fit it in. “We definitely didn’t look for a trombone While I can’t speak for at first, because it was a folk the personal decisions of project,” said Starling. “He the band regarding alcohol, tagged along and has been naming your aggressive band with us ever since, and is now after an aggressive, take-thean important part of the writlaw into your own hands type Courtesy of Carrie Nation and The Speakeasy of woman is fitting. The Kaning and musicianship.” »» Carrie Nation and The Speakeasy will return to Durango on Friday night, performing at The Balcony Backstage.

It’s important to be a sas-based Carrie Nation and sponge of all genres of music, The Speakeasy will return to Bryant’s best especially in a band like Carrie Nation and The Durango on Friday night, performing at The BalcoSpeakeasy, where horned instruments mix with a ny Backstage.

Friday: Carrie Nation and The Speakeasy, 9 p.m. banjo, mandolin, acoustic guitar, bass, drums and It’s like Tom Waits took a big blast of speed and $5. The Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave. upstairs. sometimes washboard to reflect historical American went on stage to front a revved-up jug band. Two Information: 422-8008. music meshed with roots and rock ’n’ roll. albums worth of music and nonstop touring has Saturday: KSUT 40th Anniversary party with Mi“One of the cool things I think about our band produced a sound that’s gritty and aggressive, somechael Franti and Spearhead and The Afrobeatniks. [is] there’s a lot of different influences from each of times serious and sometimes fun, as mostly up-tem1 p.m. $45/$100 VIP. Three Springs, 175 Mercado us,” said drummer and other Starling brother, Zach. po songs lyrically explore the American Civil War, Street. Information: 563-0255.

“When (mandolin player) Grubb came into the band the devil, and the woes of love and life. Their influhe was rocking out, all these different influences ences dig into American music, as blues, early jazz from different things. Jarrod was in punk bands American hardcore via their punk tempos and doand country – genres it seems music-loving teens in high school, and while he was listening to punk it-yourself ethic; it’s a mindset that keeps you kneediscover soon after their first bong hits and bottles of bands I was listening to old Motown and classical. deep in the work of being a touring musician. When whiskey while their Black Sabbath and Black Flag It’s a broad range from all of us.” booking, promotion, press inquiries and tour vehicle records get less time on the turntable. Fans of White maintenance are also your job, it makes it not only Ghost Shivers or Truckstop Honeymoon will be able art, but a trade. Every step of the process keeps the to relate, along with fans of more traditional sounds Bryant Liggett is a freelance writer and KDUR station musician grounded in reality, closer to the work, and of the Tin-Pan Alley era. Yet they also relate to manager. liggett_b@fortlewis.edu.

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The album blazes from the opening chords of Track 1, Side 1. Swaggering slide guitar and jangly spirit channeling the best of Johnny Thunders. Straight forward rock ’n’ roll. I love when you can hear a band’s influences, yet they aren’t completely replicating what they heard or ripping another band’s style. The five-piece features members all born and raised in New York City and succinctly from their bio, “formed in 2014 out of their shared affinity for ’77 punk and a mutual respect for Mercer Arts-era NYC early glam and West Coast country punk.” Fantastic, fantastic debut.

Highly recommended for fans of The Men, Gun Club, X, The Dead Boys or New York Dolls.

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New at Southwest Sound August 5 1. Russian Circles,“Guidance” The sixth album from these post-rockers brings the emotional punch with more than 45 minutes of wandering guitar work, which slowly builds into a cathartic crescendo of distortion and soaring guitar lines.

2. Dinosaur Jr.,“Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not” The alt-rock legends return with another sure-to-be classic to add to their catalogue. Recommended if you like pine trees, flavored bourbon and trucker hats.

tic riffs, uplifting and relatable lyrics and songs that will deliver over and over.

4.“Suicide Squad” OST A diverse soundtrack for a movie with a diverse cast of characters. From the memorable reimagining of “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Panic at the Disco, to a return to form from one of hip-hop’s biggest names in Lil Tunechi aka Weezy aka the man Lil Wayne, there is something for everyone on this soundtrack.

5. Carnifex,“Slow Death”

Along with Despised Icon, who released a new album last week, Carnifex is a pioneer of the deathcore genre, and they continue to raise the bar with their new release. Adding symphonic components to elements of dark, ambient and 3. Skillet,“Unleashed” One of the last standing mid-2000s hard noise, they have constructed an album dripping with evil and hatred. rock bands, Skillet is keen to deliver more of what their fans expect: bombas—— Cooper Stapleton

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First Draughts | Robert Alan Wendeborn

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n the United States we tend to take our food safety for granted. For the most part, we can walk into any restaurant and assume that we’re not going to get sick. We can buy anything off the shelf of a supermarket and be assured of the product’s safety. There’s a lot of complicated government regulations that go into that, and it all started with beer, the world’s first government-regulated foodstuff.

The Reinheitsgebot, a 16th century German beer purity law, required that beer sold in taverns or to merchants be made of only water, barley and hops. The law also put into place pricing regulations for the sale and resale of beer made and sold in Germany.

This law was mostly enacted for maintaining the price of bread in a competitive grain industry (wheat was not allowed in beer so that it could be used to make bread), but it was also to protect consumers from potentially harmful substances being added to beer, such as herbs with hallucinogenic properties or poisonous adjuncts used to boost flavor.

At the time of its passing into law, the Reinheitsgebot didn’t apply to parts of the country that would later become Germany because those brewers were grandfathered into the law, or to a few select members of German aristocracy who paid a hefty fee, so luckily there were parts of the country that still brewed delicious wheat beers. Because of the hefty fee, the novelty of the brew, and because it could be brewed year round, weizen bier, or wheat beer, became really popular,

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thus preserving the style for us today. And there are a lot of other styles that worked there way into our current beer lexicon thanks to, or in spite of, the Reinheitsgebot.

We all know about the beers that thrived during Reinheitsgebot, the rise of various regional lagers (Vienna lagers, pilsners, etc.), but there were also a lot of specific styles like Altbier (a kind of German cross between a red ale and brown ale), kolsch and cream ales (one of the best kolsch in the world is made in Durango at Steamworks), Zwickelbier and Keller Bier (an unfiltered young beer that

is quite delicious). Individual cities and taverns became renown for their individual brews. Berlin became a hotspot for Berliner Weisse, a tart wheat beer often mixed with flavored syrups, and Leipzig stole a style from Goslar, Germany, the gose (another tart wheat beer, though with coriander added and saltiness derived from local water).

So with that little window of leniency for wheat beer, German beer became the best beer in the world, with reliance on three simple ingredients. Germany never had the colonial reach that England had, but culturally, Germany went everywhere with their beer. So even though Germany wasn’t the free-market, willy-nilly capitalist that England was, German beer be-

came a standard.

I think a lot of people in the brewing world typically scoff at the ideas of restraint and strict regulation. There’s an attitude that one’s creativity is being hindered or that the beer isn’t going to be as good as it could be. When you do that, you take the simplicity of beer for granted, you over-complicate it. I think even great artists sometimes forget that you can make any color out of red, yellow and blue, in the same way that you can make almost any beer with water, hops and barley.

Robert Alan Wendeborn is a former Cellar Operator at Ska Brewing and current lead cellar operator at Tin Roof Brewing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Some things you might not know about tipping

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Read my mind Signed her ets face it, Remembered when I wanted tipping can be name with a a hassle someDidn’t my side of another iced smiley face times, a strain hover honey mustard on the check tea on the bank account.

Especially when the social norm is to leave a $40 tip on a $200 dinner bill for average service.

Working at a restaurant where the cost of dinner and drinks for two is often more than $100, I think about the tipping customs a lot.

Was my errand-running and food delivery really worth $20? If I were dining out, would I want to leave a 20 percent tip after receiving this service? These are all questions that keep me motivated to provide my best hospitality.

Tipping was introduced to America in the early 1900s, and over time has evolved and Waitstaff wage become ingrained in our culture. Here’s some upto-date knowledge on the various customs and sugIn Colorado, and many other states, “tip credit” counts toward part of the minimum wage. The tip gested rules for tipping – in the restaurant world credit allows employers to pay waitstaff and tipped at least. employees a minimum of $2.13 an hour, plus tips.

How much is gratuity again?

The idea behind this is that, on average, when addThe average tip should be 15 to 20 percent of the ing tips, waiters and tipped employees are making total bill, including alcohol. The general rule is to tip an hourly amount equal to or greater than the minaccording to the service received. The way I like to imum wage. The U.S. Department of Labor defines think of it when I am eating out is that I am renting a “tipped employee” as someone who regularly the booth or table in the server’s section. I am going receives more than $30 per month in tips. In the to tip them 10 percent for the booth and 10 percent restaurant world, these employees normally include for the service. bartenders, servers and bussers.

It’s also important to remember that a portion Tipping and credit cards of each tip will be given to the bartender and the busser; when you tip, you are not just tipping your It’s common for a table to leave a cash tip after server. On the server’s part it takes a lot of memopaying their bill with a credit card. In this case, it is best if the customer writes “0” in the tip line on ry games, paying attention to detail and engaging the receipt instead of “cash.” Why? If the tip on the customers.

When multiplied by five tables all with credit card is zero, the server does not have to claim hoping for fast and efficient service, things start to the tip at the end of the night. If “cash” was written become hectic. From the time the hostess seats the in the tip line, the server has to claim a portion of guests to the time I drop off a fresh slice of key lime the tip that was left. It all boils down to taxable inpie and coffee at the table with the check, I do my best to remain attentive without being an overbearcome. If the income was not reported or claimed, it is not taxable. Another thing to keep in mind is that ing, helicopter server. For the most part, people tip some restaurants pay credit card tips in the employaccordingly.

Didn’t sneer over my refusal of the dessert menu

Knelt at the side of the table to take my order

Illustration by David Holub/DGO

ee’s paycheck. Leaving a cash tip allows the server to collect the tip at the end of the night rather than at the end of the pay period.

Tipping on to-go orders and buffets When placing a to-go order its important to leave a couple of dollars (generally 10 percent of the bill) toward the tip. Although you didn’t sit down at a table or receive service, staff still took the time to prepare your food to-go. The suggested tip for buffet style eating is similar. You are “renting” a table in the server’s section and they are taking the time to refill drinks and clear empty plates – 10 percent should be the minimum tip left.

It should go without saying that if the service provided is considered bad or unacceptable, the customer does not have to tip the suggested 20 percent, but in my 23 years of eating out, I’ve never had a waiter who didn’t deserve a $4 tip on a $20 check.

Though tipping is not required, it is part of the dining experience and is greatly appreciated.

Taylor Ferraro provides five-star service and entertainment at the Red Snapper. She is also a massage therapist and KDUR DJ. Contact her at tferr8@hotmail.com.

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Anya Jaremko-Greenwold | DGO

The curse of endless

‘HARRY POTTER’ S omething odd happens to creative visionaries when they’ve achieved a colossal level of fortune and fame. Look at George Lucas, Peter Jackson or J.K. Rowling: After their successes with “Star Wars,” “Lord of the Rings,” and “Harry Potter” (respectively), none of them could let it go. They tried to top themselves. We all hanker after new challenges, but the artists’ reluctance to abandon their moneyed fantasy realms drove them into dark places. We were burdened with the infamous “Star Wars” prequels and edits made to the iconic originals. We cringed at the disastrous “Hobbit” trilogy. Rowling tried her hand at writing fiction for adults, but when scathing reviews poured in, she tucked back into the protective cocoon of The Boy Who Lived.

The last “Potter” book came out nine years ago, and since then, Rowling has released an unusual number of titillating new details about her old stories, sometimes via Twitter or in more unexpected venues. (She announced Dumbledore was gay at a Carnegie Hall event). She pubs new stories on her Pottermore website, like a recent set of essays about the history of magic in North America (“Potter” takes place in Great Britain). She is making her screenwriting debut in November’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” yet another film set in the Potter universe. And the past-clinging doesn’t end there! A play called “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” just opened on London’s West End, advertised as the eighth story in the HP canon and set 19 years after “Deathly Hallows.” Harry now works at the Ministry and his son Albus is starting Hogwarts. Rowling

assisted playwright Jack Thorne in furnishing the plot, and the rehearsal script was published in book form on July 31 (Rowling and Harry’s joint birthday). Some bookstores hosted wistful midnight release parties, honoring the old tradition.

The play is better than I expected. At 308 pages and in play form, it’s a quicker read than the books (those averaged 600 pages), though by virtue of the medium it’s also missing a key Rowling prose ingredient: the immense, world-building description. A play is short and can only hit bolded points. “Cursed Child” develops at breakneck speed, cramming a complicated narrative into two hours so as not to strain anyone’s bladder (the films crammed, too). But all that strips a Potter tale of its wonderment, leaving only the entrails. The “Potter” books were laced with heavy themes like grief and death, but simultaneously brimming with light-hearted escapades; the Golden Trio sitting around a roaring fire in the Gryffindor common room, playing Wizard’s chess or gobbling delicious meals snug inside The Burrow.

There was bantering and British wit. “Cursed Child” has some funny lines, but mostly dynamic action sequences, people racing against the clock and making frightening discoveries.

While “Cursed Child” acknowledges the identities of Harry, Ron and Hermione were shaped by their tight-knit bonds, and plots a friendship between Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy (ironic), the script is just too serious. Moments of downtime are scant. Adapters of Rowling’s fiction keep forgetting friendships blossom in the spaces between battle sequences.

The play is also mired in sentimentality, something Rowling fought valiantly to avoid.

Neither Harry and Dumbledore, nor Ron and

Hermione ever said they loved each other in the books. Rowling showed us that they did, instead. But characters in “Cursed Child” utter cheesy lines without shame (“Thank you for being my light in the darkness.”)

Sometimes it reads like fan-fiction. The Hogwarts kids I know would scoff.

Guess what? The play has pros, as well. In the London production, a black actress was cast as Hermione. She’s also the Minister of Magic (coinciding nicely with Hillary’s nomination).

“Cursed Child” lends a layer of complexity to the “Deathly Hallows” defeat of Voldemort, noting the trauma warfare and the loss of loved ones can inflict. It’s more about inner wounds than magic tricks. Albus hates Hogwarts, a passion his father doesn’t understand, as Harry’s alternative home was with the Dursleys. Albus is blessed with a nice home and loving parents, but feels overwhelmed by the expectations of his famous dad. Thorne’s play coyly concedes the similarities between Albus and Voldemort; isolated, lonely boys misjudged by their peers and neglected by their fathers. Harry’s crappy upbringing reflects in his parenting style.

Ginny is helpful, but most young boys crave their father’s favor most of all.

It’s difficult to consider Harry an interesting character on stage or screen. Most of what makes him special (his bold daring, his dry humor) is trapped inside his own head. Movies and plays can’t achieve human interiority like a novel can. What would Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” be like as a film? Hopefully we’ll never find out. The best part of this resurgence is the nostalgia. It’s cozy to slip back into.

“Cursed Child” pays startling fidelity to previous “Harry Potter” books, and for a few hours I felt a tinge of the old enchantment again.

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[transport]

CONFESSIONS OF A DURANGO UBER DRIVER

»» One of Durango’s

pioneering Uber employees gives us the scoop

We’re finally blazing brave new territory in Durango’s transportation market. Uber arrived in February, to the delight of drunken residents who now (thankfully) have an increasing variety of ride-home options to choose from. We chatted with part-time Uber driver and owner of Durango Rivertrippers and Adventure Tours, David Moler, about the payment, perks and qualifications of this driving job.

Before getting involved with Uber, what did you like about their service?

an hour. All payment is done through the app, so you’re not paying David Moler, you’re paying Uber. Riders have already preset their profile to include a payment option before I pick them up. But they pay when the ride is over, automatically.

You can track where your vehicle is, see when your driver is three to five minutes away. You can order different kinds of cars, like if you want an extra-large car. And it’s your personal driver, you’re not sharing it with anybody else. It’s much easier than trying to call or hail a taxi. If you go from city to city, you just download the app, and it stays with you.

Any tips for passengers for keeping the ride price down?

What’s the process of getting qualified to be a driver?

Your vehicle needs to have four doors and be a 2001 or newer. Not every car qualifies. There’s an inspection of your vehicle, medical/physical check to make sure there’s nothing wrong with you and a background check. All of mine cleared quickly because I had all those on file for the transportation side of my business. A few days later, I was active as a driver. It’s pretty painless.

Can passengers request specific drivers?

People that aren’t familiar with Uber think that’s an option! It’s not. I’ve gotten a lot of phone calls like, ‘Hey, my family is coming into town and they need an airport shuttle, is that something you can do?’ But the way that Uber works, you just get to see drivers, little cars on a map. You don’t know who they are. So download the app, don’t call me directly.

How many Uber drivers are in Durango now?

There’s not really a way for us to determine that. It can change. But when I was driving in February and March, we were up to about 15. Friday and Saturday nights are the nights you’ll see the most.

Jerry McBride/BCI Media file photo

»» David Moler, Durango’s first Uber driver, pictured back in February.

Anything weird you’ve experienced?

they rank poorly multiple times, that user will no longer have access to Uber.

No, it’s been pretty smooth. But driving for Uber, I can drive in any city in Colorado unless there’s a municipality with a rule against that type of ride-sharing.

So I spent three days visiting in Denver and drove, just to see what it was like in big cities. The negative side of what we hear about ride-sharing is so not the norm. The craziest thing that happened was having somebody who was doing the right thing by not driving drunk. No one screaming or getting sick. The rider also gets a rating by the driver, and the driver gets a rating by the passenger. So I think that system circumvents a lot of the potential issues. I get to see a passenger’s rating before I even pick them up. And the platform kicks riders off if they drop below a certain city’s average rating. If

Couldn’t they just open a new account?

If there’s a “surge” going on, there’s a lot of people requesting Uber and not as many drivers, so there’s surge pricing, which is 1.5 or 2.5 times normal fare. But a rider can wait out a surge. Like if a concert gets out and everybody wants an Uber, you’re going to pay more for it. You’ll see that on your phone; when you request the Uber, you’ll have to acknowledge the fare is beyond the normal fare. It will say “Surge pricing: do you wish to continue?” or something to that effect.

What’s the best thing about the job?

It links to the person’s individual name, phone number, credit card. It’s not just an email address or something. They’d have to get another name and credit card. And I would imagine a different phone number, too.

The flexibility. If you live in Durango city limits and can have your phone on you, and can broadcast when you’re available, you can walk around the house, get the laundry and dishes done, and then get a call and get in your car.

If you live out of city limits, it’s not as convenient, since it won’t be as busy, like with one ride request after another, after another.

What’s the pay like?

The worst thing?

Tips are always nice, but not required.

We don’t refuse it, because we’ve earned it. Of the $12 ride, about $7.50 goes to the driver. That’s not including tax, we’re 1099 independent contractors, and we pay for our own fuel and wear and tear. So by the time you factor that in, you might be getting $4 or $5 per ride, three or four times an hour. You’re averaging maybe $20

Wear and tear on your own personal vehicle. That’s it. If you don’t like the job, if you’re like ‘This kind of sucks,’ you just log off. Don’t turn your app on, and you’re not a driver anymore.

So you can quit with no strings attached?

Exactly.

—— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

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MICHAEL FRANTI:

A ROCKER WITH A SOUL

»» On the cusp of his Durango concert,

the musician and activist discusses power of positivity, the need for empathy, Donald Trump, bullying, and a call for communication and community.

By Jaime Becktel

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SPECIAL TO DGO

ince 1994, Michael Franti, a San Francisco-based singer-songwriter, musician, poet, filmmaker and massive advocate for a wide spectrum of social justice and environmental causes has been touring the globe, often barefoot, with his band Spearhead. Among dozens of other inspiring projects, he created the annual Power to the Peaceful Music Festival in San Francisco in 1998, and in 2013, with his now wife, Sara, he created the Do It For The Love Foundation, granting more than 600 live music concert wishes to people living with life-threatening illnesses, children with severe challenges and wounded veterans.

For Saturday’s show in Durango, part of his SOULROCKER album release and tour, Franti checked in with DGO to discuss how to keep your cool in a world gone crazy, why he’s not voting for Trump and why it’s more important than ever to come together, make music and dance.

How do you manage to stay so damn positive?

I go through ups and downs like anybody else and find my life and the world to be incredibly challenging. I believe in the power of positivity and that it isn’t something you’re just born with. You have to practice, like shooting free throws, or getting good at playing darts or anything else.

If day after day you say positive things to others, practice positive thoughts toward yourself and take positive actions, it becomes easier for that to be your default mode.

Yoga is a way for me to reset – a good practice for looking inside myself to see what emotions are coming up, what’s stressing me out and making me not live up to my full potential. Learning to quiet those judgmental voices that say, “Michael, you’re not good enough,” or whatever the situation is that’s bringing me down.

And if all else fails ... chocolate.

It’s great how you’re always so positive in the public eye, but it’s good to hear that you’re also human.

It’s a different thing every day on tour, these really exhausting days, but I get to meet people who have been somehow moved by my music. I get to talk to them about their life, their experiences, and you know, I am so grateful for every day that we get to do this. For me, it’s the best job I could ever imagine.

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Having turned 50 this year, born in 1966, you’ve seen some cycles socially, culturally, politically, environmentally, and you still say this is the best time to be alive. Why? I was given up for adoption at

birth because my mom was Irish, Belgian and German, and my father was African-American and Native American. My mother felt like her family would never accept a brown baby and that’s why she gave me up. I look around our country today and see families of all different blends and never would have imagined even 10 years ago that we would have marriage equality in 32 states. That just blows my mind, and yet, we still have an incredibly far way to go with the criminal justice system the way it is, the police shootings that we see, civilian shootings of police and the attack in Orlando. We’ve come an incredibly far way and still have a long way to go, but the main thing that I’m heartened by is that I’ve seen this change with my own eyes in my lifetime.

I remember in 1996 doing an event in Berkeley about the prison industrial complex and how much money was spent on prisons in California directly taken out of education. Now I see people from the Republican Party calling for criminal justice reform, the legalization of drugs and who are even in opposition of the death penalty. It’s incredible for me to see that kind of turnaround in my lifetime, so I think, where can we be 20 years from now? I look at everything happening in the streets, in politics and in the world and I think this is going to be a time we look back on in the same way we look back on the civil rights era. We’re going to look back at this time and say, “Wow, there was so much lethal force being used in our communities that wasn’t necessary.” 20 years from now we’ll have solved it, fixed it and changed it. I really believe that.

How do you suggest we get there?

People in the media drastically underestimate the intelligence and capacity for empathy that everyday people have. When somebody’s on the ground and a cop puts a gun in their back and blasts them on Facebook Live, there’s no justification for that.

And it’s possible to see that for what it is, and at the same time have empathy for police officers. I have a brother who’s a cop. My brother goes to work and I don’t want him coming home dead, you know? I respect their job. It’s the hardest job you could ever have, to make snap decisions and basically be feared and disliked by almost every single person you meet.

You walk into a situation and never know what’s going to happen next. It’s the toughest job you can have, no question about it. I believe it’s possible for all of us to hold both of Continued on Page 14

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those things in our mind – it doesn’t have to be one or the other. I can see that these killings are unjust, and I can see that it’s unjust that police are being killed. It’s possible to have empathy and it’s also possible to have the intellectual capacity to say, “Hey look, it doesn’t mean that we aren’t in support of police. We just want them held accountable when they mess up.”

So much of what’s happening in our 140-character, news, sound byte media doesn’t allow for those conversations to take place, so it’s troubling to see the bullying that then goes on.

It’s one of the main reasons why I’d never want Trump as president. I don’t want my kids growing up seeing that anytime somebody criticizes you or critiques a philosophy, that your response is to call them “Crooked Hillary,” or “Lying Ted Cruz,” or to make fun of the way they move their body, or their gender, or call whole groups of people rapists, or say that we’re going to ban a whole religion and people from entering our country. I don’t want my child growing up seeing the president doing that every day on Twitter. I feel like this bullying, trolling culture we’re in right now is something I wrote about in 1992.

I put out a song called “The Language of Violence” about a kid who’s bullied in school, being called faggot, sissy, queer, punk, and eventually it leads to him being beaten up. The kid dies, and the one who was doing that is now in prison being called the same names by other prisoners. It’s all about the cycle of violence, it never ends and that sort of language is dangerous. I see it taking place now and I’m horrified by it.

I believe that words matter and that language is violence. I remember walking home from school and some kids called me a nigger when I was in kindergarten. My parents who adopted me had never had to deal with this situation before and they didn’t go into, “Well, this is a word that’s used against black people.” They just said, “Sticks and stones will break your bones, but names will never harm you.” But it did.

It did hurt me, and it hurt every other kid in school who was teased and belittled and called names. It hurt more than getting punched, and it affected the way that we grew up. It’s one of the reasons I feel so much empathy for people who are treated poorly, wheth-

er it’s for their gender, their sexuality, their color, their economics, because they’re new to this country, because they’re older, because they have some sort of special need, whatever it is – the language we use to hurt and belittle people matters. I don’t want a president who doesn’t understand that.

What are your thoughts on extending empathy toward yourself during these tumultuous times?

In the first yoga class I ever went to the teacher talked about ahimsa, the practice of nonviolence and how it has to start with you. The judgments you place on yourself end up becoming toxic in your way of being. It has to start with being able to quiet that judgmental voice, to see your authentic self, the authenticity in others and when somebody’s acting out from a place of insecurity, shame or fear, to hold space for that.

A key element I’m taking away from this interview is that it’s good to be informed by the past to see how far we’ve come, but to also know that we still have a lot of work ahead of us.

Yeah, and to not discount each of our ability to be part of that work. All of us have a role to play. The way we navigate kids in a sport situation, how they get along with each other, solve conflicts and work together as a team – those things are incredibly important in shaping our neighborhoods and communities and what our children grow up to be. Supporting local foods and organic farming and the way we spend our dollars makes an incredible difference. Also, the way we communicate, talk to each other and engage in conversations really sets the tone for how we wake up and feel about the world. For better or worse, we’re all waking up looking at our phones and thinking, “What’s going on in the world today? Was there another bombing?

Was there another shooting? What’s happened that is potentially going to make me feel a certain way?”

The support we have for our neighbors, the way we talk to each other, the way we treat each other, the music we share, the food we eat and the experiences we have together – finding reasons to bring people together is so important now because there’s so many things pulling us apart. That’s really why I make music ... because I care about people and the planet.

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[movies]

Directed by:

Making ‘Suicide Squad’ was awful and so is the movie, reviewers say

Roger Ross Williams

By Travis M. Andrews

Life, Animated Playing At Animas City Theatre Rating: PG Genre: Docu-

mentary

Runtime: 1 hr. 29 in.

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 93% Synopsis: The inspirational story

of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films.

This emotional coming-of-age story follows Owen as he graduates to adulthood and takes his first steps toward independence.

Nine Lives Playing at Stadium 9 Rating: PG Genre: Comedy Directed by:

Barry Sonnenfeld Written by:

Gwyn Lurie, Matt Allen, Caleb Wilson, Ben Shiffrin, Daniel Antoniazzi Runtime: 1 hr. 27 min.

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: Not available Synopsis: Tom Brand is a daredevil

billionaire at the top of his game.

But his workaholic lifestyle has disconnected him from his family. His daughter Rebecca’s 11th birthday is here, and she wants the gift she wants every year, a cat. Tom hates cats, but he is without a gift and time is running out. His GPS directs him to a mystical pet store brimming with odd and exotic cats, where the store’s eccentric owner Felix Perkins presents him with a majestic tomcat. En route to his daughter’s party, Tom has a terrible accident. When he regains consciousness, he discovers that somehow, he has become trapped inside the body of the cat.

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If your co-worker mailed you a potentially used condom, that co-worker would likely be fired more quickly than you can say “severe HR violation” or, more appropriately, “what?”

If you’re in David Ayer’s upcoming film “Suicide Squad,” which hits theaters Friday, you laugh about it on talk shows and in magazine profiles.

Stories keep mounting of the strange, dark and, at times, downright harrowing experience the filming of “Suicide Squad” seemed to be. It was perhaps a way to generate buzz around the film, which might be dearly needed. Critical reviews started trickling in on Wednesday and they are not good, to say the least.

As of Wednesday morning, the film had an abysmal 33 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Vulture’s David Edelstein called it, “The year’s most muddled piece of storytelling.” Time’s Stephanie Zacharek wrote that “by the end, it’s as if you’ve seen nothing.” Hollywood Reporter’s Todd McCarthy wrote that it’s a “puzzlingly confused undertaking that never becomes as cool as it thinks it is.”

With the stream of bad reviews, one can’t help but wonder if all the backstage nastiness actually hurt the production.

The film, starring among others Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis and Jared Leto, is about a group of supervillains that share the same world as Batman and Superman. Most well-known among these anti-heroes are the Joker and Harley Quinn.

The film is gleefully dark – uncomfortably dark, really, given recent current events. Apparently attempting to draw this darkness out of his actors, director David Ayer encouraged them to live out the more unseemly aspects of their characters.

To make sure that didn’t cause any lasting damage, he kept a “kind of therapist” on set, said Adam Beach, one of the film’s actors.

“David Ayer is about realism,”

Warner Bros. Pictures via AP

»» Jared Leto stars as the Joker in “Suicide Squad.”

Suicide Squad Playing at Stadium 9 and the Gaslight (Available in 3-D Stadium 9 only) Rating: PG-13 Genre: Action & adventure Directed by: David Ayer Written by: David Ayer Runtime: 1 hr. 43 min.

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 33%

Beach told E! News. “So if your character is tormented, he wants you to torment yourself. He wants the real thing.”

That might sound like traditional press tour, pre-screening movie fodder, until you hear the actors’ experience.

Jared Leto’s antics, in particular, stand out as ghastly and potentially illegal. Leto is the first person to play the Joker since the late Heath Ledger was awarded a postmortem supporting actor Oscar for his shocking, tremendous turn in “The Dark Knight.”

To get into character, Leto sent his castmates a number of increasingly bizarre, disgusting items. Smith received a set of bullets. To Robbie, he gifted a dead rat. The whole cast got a shared gift – a dead pig.

Those aren’t even the weird ones.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje received sticky Playboy magazines.

Then, Leto sent the rest of the cast anal beads and used condoms.

“I did a lot of things to create a dynamic to create an element of surprise, a spontaneity and to really break down any kind of walls that may be there,” Leto told E! News. “The Joker is somebody who doesn’t really respect things like personal space or boundaries.”

That still wasn’t enough for Ayer, who told Yahoo! Movies that he forced his cast into fist fights with each other.

“The rehearsal was very intense,” Ayer said. “It wasn’t a normal rehearsal, we’d talk about their lives, their history and really got them to open up as people to each other. I also had them fight. I had them fight each other. You learn a lot about who a person really is when you punch them in the face. It gets rid of a lot of the actor stuff.”

It wasn’t all fighting. According to Cara Delevingne, who plays Dr. June Moone, Ayer specifically asked her to walk into the woods and strip naked if there was a full moon. She told W magazine that’s exactly what she did.

Jai Courtney, meanwhile, who plays a character named Boomerang, told Empire that he took mushrooms and proceeded to stub lit cigarettes out on his arms during a Skype video call with Ayer. And, according to io9, Akinnuoye-Agbaje spent his time in makeup listening to tapes of Issei Sagawa, a Japanese man known for killing and eating a Dutch woman in Paris in 1981.

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[ weed ] Seeing Through the Smoke Christopher Gallagher

If you really want THC in your water, try this tincture recipe

T

he Bad News (always the bad news first): Media outlets across the nation reported last week that the water supply of a little town in Lincoln County was contaminated by THC. The Good News: You’re going to get my tincture recipe.

Hugo, Colorado, 80821.

Y’all need to get a grip. I understand that it’s a cannabis-dry county out there, but when it comes to a situation like this, especially when the decision is made to go public with the July 20 “news,” please refer to a certain method of thinking: (1) It’s not new; (2) It has been around for several hundred years at this point and (3) It is responsible for basically everything we recognize as modern in this world of ours: Science. You should check it out.

After town officials put this information on the wire along with a public health advisory warning residents not to ingest or shower in the supposedly tainted water, I turned to the Missus and exclaimed, “Something’s fishy here.”

No, that’s a lie. Upon reading the story on my phone, I turned to her, took the name of the Lord in vain, dropped an F-bomb and muttered for a good minute straight about being exposed to another round of a word the begins with a B and wraps up with S-H-I-T. You see, THC is not water soluble.

That’s not rocket science, just plain ol’ middle school regular-not-even-honors-class-level science. I don’t care if you’re in favor of or opposed to cannabis, whether you’re progressive, liberal or conservative, tall, short, pink, purple, whatever – but, can we please deal in reality? After decades of prohibition guided by the propaganda and willful ignorance of scientific facts as they relate to this plant by the Aslingers and Nixons of the world, we all deserve better.

Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the psychoactive chemical compound in marijuana can be extracted using a variety of solvents, but water is not among them. There are laboratory chemicals

and processes that can be used to create very powerful extracts, but for us regular folks desirous of creating cannabis concoctions in our kitchens, fats – butter, oils and the like – and alcohol are the ticket.

Into this mix, I introduce vegetable glycerin (available online and at most health food stores), a sweet, viscous liquid that interacts with THC’s fat-soluble nature and can be used to produce a real treat, a cannabis tincture that might as well be called Happy Juice.

As a cook, I have yet to find a recipe that I can’t read, ignore or find my own way through, and my tincture process is no different.

Here’s what you’ll need: Ingredients »»Glycerin »»Cannabis, very well ground »»Blackberry brandy (which will work to draw more THC from the plant material) »»Water (this helps the process along with no active effect on the outcome) »»1 can Mountain Dew Throwback (for flavor) Directions The important basics involve pouring four parts glycerin into a pan and “filling” the liquid with enough ground herb to make a gooey paste-like texture.

Add about one part brandy (the alcohol will be boiled off).

Add roughly five parts water to create an environment where the mixture can be brought up to

a boil and then brought down to a nice simmer to cook for anywhere from one to three hours, adding water as needed to keep things from getting too sticky in the pan, stirring regularly and maintaining the simmer.

Strain the liquid, removing the plant material and return the liquid to the pan.

Add the can of soda, then boil the liquid back down to the original volume of the glycerin from the beginning.

Voila: Glycerin tincture! Start with a tablespoon’s worth. I love the stuff because it combines the body high of edibles with the head high of smoking while leaving you perfectly clearheaded – sunshine in a spoon. It’s a great use of surplus bud and you can also use trim after a harvest; you’ll just use more plant material by repeating the straining step three or so times, replacing the used product with fresh trim. While science has proved that there’s no such thing as “weed water,” glycerin tincture is the perfect method of administration to sit back this weekend and chuckle over Hugo’s folly.

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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On ‘Suicide Squad’

“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” the third film in the enormously successful fantasy franchise, is the series’ only triumph. The majority of the HP movies – brought about by a total of four different directors, and resulting in zero aesthetic or thematic continuity – are vague insults to the spirit of the books. There is just one exception. Director Alfonso Cuarón (“Children of Men”) had fun with the third, most eerie installment. “Azkaban” is a stylized and playful adaptation, in addition to being the perfect high film.

All the HP movies are “dark,” especially the last four; in fact, those are dark both metaphorically AND visually (like, you can barely see what’s happening). But No. 3 is not dark in the gritty action-flick sense of the word, with Harry, Ron and Hermione dashing through woods as Batman might soar over Gotham. No, “Azkaban” is spooky and quirky, more “Pan’s Labyrinth” than “Dark Knight,” more “Hobbit” (the book) than “Lord of the Rings.” The stakes aren’t as high. I couldn’t summarize the plot in my limited word count if I tried, but if you haven’t read the books I wouldn’t recommend viewing.

You probably won’t understand. Unless you’re one of those laser-focused stoners who understands MORE plot minutiae after imbibing ... in which case, have at it.

Frankly, I don’t think this book series was meant for film.

The imagery J.K. Rowling crafted is too wild and personal, living so vividly in each reader’s imagination that attempts made in the flesh could only ever disappoint. Despite this, Cuarón took Rowling’s material and made it his own. “Azkaban” is the only film of seven with any discernible artistic flourish. The images are lush, strange and detailed: The giant orange pumpkins outside Hagrid’s hut; the cafe wizard stirring coffee with magic whilst reading Stephen Hawking; a Knight Bus squeezing between two London double-deckers; tiny footprints prancing upon the Marauder’s Map. You get a real scope of the Hogwarts campus, too, the wet greenery and surrounding lakes and mountains.

In later HP films, there’s far too much war-mongering for the narrative to convey a real sense of friendship (the most important theme in the books). But “Azkaban” illustrates the Golden Trio’s solidarity, like when Hermione punches Malfoy square in the face or when they all mourn Buckbeak’s execution. This is the last installment where the characters are still kids. They experience death for the first time in Book 4. But for now, they’re happy.

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Savage Love | Dan Savage

My husband and Pokémon GO are ruining my marriage I can’t believe this is why I’m finally writing you. My husband is using Pokémon GO as an excuse to stay out until 5 a.m. with another woman. She is beautiful and about a decade younger than him, and he won’t hear me out on why this is bothersome. Our work schedules don’t match up, and he always wants me to meet him in the wee hours of the morning after I’ve worked a full day shift and done all the work looking after our pets. I can give him the benefit of the doubt and be totally fine with him wanting to stay out after work for a few drinks with friends, even though I’m too tired to join them, but Pokémon GO until 5 a.m. alone with a 20-something for four straight weeks?! It’s driving me crazy. I told him how I feel, and he says it’s my fault for “never wanting to do anything.” (I don’t consider walking around staring at a phone “doing something.”) I told him I feel like he doesn’t even like me anymore, and he didn’t even acknowledge my feelings with a response. With the craze this has become, we can’t be the only couple with this problem. I don’t think me enabling his actions by joining the game is the answer, but I’d be absolutely gutted if this game was the straw that broke up our 10-year relationship. Please help.

Pokémon GO Means No Second Life, SimCity, Quake, Counter-Strike, World of Warcraft, Minecraft – it’s always something.

By which I mean to say, PGMN, Pokémon GO isn’t destroying your marriage now, just as SimCity wasn’t destroying marriages 15 years ago.

Your husband is destroying your marriage. He’s being selfish and inconsiderate and cruel. He doesn’t care enough about you to prioritize your feelings – or even acknowledge them, it seems.

When a partner’s actions are clearly saying, “I’m choosing this thing – this

video game, this bowling league, this whatever – over you,” they’re almost always saying this, as well: “I don’t want to be with you anymore, but I don’t have the courage or the decency to leave so I’m going to neglect you until you get fed up and leave me.”

Let him have his ridiculous obsessions – with this game, with this girl – and when he comes to his senses and abandons Pokémon GO, just like people came to their senses and walked away from Second Life a decade ago, you’ll be in a better position to decide whether you want to leave him.

I am currently separated. A few months after I moved out, my estranged wife found out that I cheated on her before we got married. I was a CPOS [cheating piece of shit]. I feel horribly guilty and would like to think I’ll never do it again. The question is: When and what should I disclose to future partners?

times it just doesn’t work, and I am an adult about it – but for the specific reason it wasn’t good: The husband came on my face after I specifically told him not to do that.

I used my words. He still blew a load in my face and then sheepishly kinda apologized afterwards. He said he didn’t mean to do it and that he was aiming at my boobs.

I do not believe it for a second. It was an “ask for forgiveness, not for permission” kind of thing – I could see that on his face. He looooves facials. So that sealed my decision to not sleep with them again, which I told them about. I consider a load in my face against my will to be a big violation of my trust/friendship. The couple thinks I’m overreacting and that a load in your face should be a forgivable offense. I’m not going to change my mind, but I am curious what you think about sneaky facials.

that turned into fooling around.

Once that happened, he mentioned “making” straight guys have sex with him, wanting to give massages to teenagers, and he talked dirty about younger boys. I know this could all be provocative fantasy talk, but I had a weird feeling about him before meeting. Who would I even disclose this to if that were the right thing to do, and how would I do so while protecting his (should be legal) right to trade ass for cash? (2) Furthermore, I’m a thirsty genderqueer girl plotting her escape from a suburban town. I’m not going to be here long enough to look for an LTR. How can I satisfy my lust safely? It seems like every time I hook up with someone, they disclose intense drug use or other risky behavior after the fact.

Unwanted Semen Angers!

Unicorn Seeking Advice!

(1) There’s no licensing board for sex workers – there’s no accrediting organization, no sex-work equivalent of the legal profession’s bar association (and most sex workers would oppose the establishment of one) – so there’s nowhere you can go to report this guy. If he confessed to an actual crime, FLAGS, you could go to the police, and they might even do something about it. But the police are unlikely to get involved if he was just fantasizing; it’s not against the law to engage in dirty talk, even extremely [bleeped]ed up/ickily transgressive/ NOT OK dirty talk.

No Clever Acronym There’s no need to disclose this to future partners. Everyone makes mistakes – and the mistake you made, while a deeply painful betrayal of your then-girlfriend and presumably a violation of a premarital monogamous commitment, is a thoroughly common one. Human beings aren’t used cars – we aren’t obligated to disclose every ditch we drove ourselves into before we resell ourselves. You didn’t [bleep] around on your ex habitually, you’re not a serial cheater, and you never violated your marriage vows. So there’s that. Resolve not to make this mistake again – make only new ones – and stuff that incident down Ye Olde Memory Hole.

I hooked up with this hot married couple. We’d done it before, and my expectations were shaped by previous (fun) experiences with them. But the sex wasn’t good this time. That would be fine – some-

Sneaky facials are sneaky, and I don’t approve of sneakiness in the sack. People should be straightforward and direct; they should communicate their wants, needs, and limits clearly; and we should all err on the side of solicitousness, i.e., drawing new sex partners out about their wants, needs and limits, because some folks have a hard time using their words where sex is concerned.

You used your words, USA!USA!, and this dude violated your clearly-communicated wants, needs and limits. I’m glad you let them know you were upset and why you weren’t going to see them again. Single women who want to hook up with married couples are hard to come by and in – that’s why you’re called unicorns – and his selfish disregard for your limits, his clear violation of your trust, cost them a unicorn.

I have two questions. (1) I saw a sex worker for a legit sensual massage

Fantasizing Lecherously About Good Sex

(2) Masturbation is the safest way to satisfy your lust until you get your ass out of that druggy suburb full of riskysex junkies and to the big city, where we urbanites drink only hot tea, snort only in derision and use only condoms religiously.

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] Fun-filled Follies night fundraiser One of the cool things about living here is that when the chips are down, the community rallies – and usually throws a great party/fundraiser to help.

This weekend, the Elks Lodge of Durango and Snowdown have organized a beach-themed fundraiser “Follie-nesia” for Bob Larson, who suffered an accident in February that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

The main event will be the revival of six popular “Golden Oldie” Follies acts, and you’ll also have a chance to win tickets for next year’s Follies.

There will also be many great auction items including: local services, vacation packages, jewelry, artwork, restaurant and gas gift cards and a guitar and the evening will include food and beverages. The party runs from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at the BPOE Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave. Tickets are on sale at Magpies for $25 each and also will be available at the door. All proceeds will go to a fund for Larson to help with ongoing medical and living expenses.

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»» The Snowdown News 2016 sketch from this year’s Follies.

Thursday

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy, 9:30

Live Accoustic Lunchtime, 11:30 a.m.,

Thursdays at the Theatre (live music), 9 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128

p.m., Balcony Backstage, 600 Main Ave.

Smiley Cafe, 1309 East Third Ave. First Thursdays Art Walk, 5-7 p.m., par-

ticipating galleries, http://durangoarts.org.

The Lisa Blue Trio, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Animas

River Café at eh DoubleTree, 501 Camino del Rio. The Kirk James Band, 5 p.m., James

Ranch, 33846 US-550, 676-1023.

George Lundeen “At the Heart of It” reception, 5-7 p.m., Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828

Main Ave, https://sorrelsky.com/events-exhibitions.php.

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

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150.

Trivia, 6:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Cen-

ter, 1333 Camino del Rio. Thrasher Thursday, 6-8 p.m., Durango

Skatepark, Schneider Park on Roosa Ave. The Assortment (Big Brothers Big Sisters benefit), 6-8 p.m., 19th Hole

East College Drive.

Friday George Lundeen “At the Heart of It” show, 9 a.m., Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave, https://sorrelsky.com/events-exhibitions.php.

Open mic, 7-11 p.m., Steaming Bean, located downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub. com.

Saturday Mad Hatter Platter Workshop, 10 a.m.-

4 p.m., The Clay Room, 2053 Main Ave., Unit A, 426-9685.

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

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

Michael Franti & Spearhead Soulrocker Tour, 1 p.m., Three Springs, 175

Mercado Street, www.facebook.com/michaelfranti/events.

Laugh Therapy Showcase, 6-10 p.m.,

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

ages 18+, Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com.

Kirk James, solo blues, 5-8 p.m., Serious

Nina Sasaki & Dave Rust, 5-9 p.m., Ani-

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

Texas BBQ (south Durango Location).

Lacey Black, 6-9 p.m., Fox Fire Farms, 5513

mas River Cafe at the Doubletree Hotel (in the Edgewater Lounge in the event of rainstorm).

County Road 321, Ignacio, www.laceyblackmusic.com.

Augustus, 5 - 9 p.m., Balcony Bar & Grill, 600

The Black Velvet Trio, 8 p.m., Derailed

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

Main Ave.

Ohana Kuleana Community Garden, East 30th Street and Third Ave., mia@thegardenprojectswcolorado.org.

Yoga in the Park, 10-11 a.m., Buckley Park, 12th Street and Main Ave., www.facebook. com/events/485579451643251/.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160.

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

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Monday

Concert Series, Pagosa Golf Club, Pagosa Springs.

Pour House, 725 Main Street, 247-5440.

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150.

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

Jelly Bellies, 5-9 p.m., Balcony Bar & Grill,

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

600 Main Ave.

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

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

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160.

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150.

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509 Great Blue, 9:30 p.m., Balcony Backstage,

American Aquarium, 8 p.m., Balcony

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

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160.

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Backstage, 600 Main Ave.

SNOWDOWN Follie-nesia (Bob Larson benefit), 6 p.m., 21+, Elks of Durango,

Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

901 East Second Ave., 375-9059.

600 Main Ave.

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

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

Sunday

Karaoke, 9 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

Theatre, 699 Main Ave., 375-7160.

Gentle Hatha Yoga, 9-10 a.m., outside and

91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org.

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

Monday Night Blues Jam with Missy and the Bluetones, 7 p.m., Moe’s, 937

Main Ave., 259-9018.

Spoken Word, 7-9 p.m., Steaming Bean, located downstairs at the Irish Embassy Pub,

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»» Artist Lara Branca’s work will be on display at Sweet 11 Gallery in Durango.

Courtesy of Sweet 11 Gallery

Check out this artist during First Thursday Gallery Walk Lara Branca will be showing her contemporary abstract and equine artwork Thursday night at Sweet 11 Gallery, 863½ Main Ave., Suite 11, in Durango.

Check out her show from 5 to 7 Thursday during the First Thursday Gallery Walk. If you miss Thursday’s event, you can also visit by special appointment Friday.

Branca recently earned her masters of fine arts degree from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. For this show, she’ll be exhibiting her thesis and student works. She’ll also have a variety of paintings and drawings for sale.

To see Branca’s work, visit www.larabranca.com.

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900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub. com.

Bluegrass Jam, 6-9 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, theirishembassypub. com.

Pete Giuliani plays a solo acoustic set at Farview Lodge, Mesa Verde Nation-

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“At the Fork” documentary film, 7

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

p.m., Sunflower Theater, 8 East Main Street, Cortez.

Tuesday Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018.

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Retirement celebration for Jackie Snow, 5 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Fellowship Hall,

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

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

Pingpong and poker tournament, 8

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Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

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Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’re keen to get better organized, even though someone who is a teacher or from another culture might discourage you. Perhaps this person wants to play?

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Explore creative opportunities. Accept invitations to party and enjoy sports events and the arts. Financial restrictions might limit your choice. (Ain’t it the truth?)

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Lately, your busy pace has been exhausting. That’s why you welcome an opportunity to cocoon at home and enjoy the comfort of familiar surroundings.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

Bizarro

You’re full of bright ideas that you want to share with others. Late in the week, someone might discourage you because this person is older

or more experienced. Don’t let this happen.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Keep an eye on your finances because you might want to shop or explore financial negotiations.

Whatever you do seems to be at odds with your social plans.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Be aware that your reaction to others and events might be more emotional than usual. Don’t worry about this – it happens. (An older family member might discourage you.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Work alone or behind the scenes today because this will suit you best.

Your increased popularity lately has stretched you a bit thin. Take a rest!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)

Enjoy schmoozing with others, especially younger people. A serious conversation with a female acquaintance will be important.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You are high-viz – people notice you. This suits you perfectly because you have something to say. Don’t second-guess yourself and don’t hold back.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a fun week to discuss future travel plans. You will enjoy meeting people from different cultures and backgrounds because you want to expand your experience of the world.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Tie up loose details regarding debt, shared property, taxes and inheritances.

Someone older than you might have

strong opinions about this late in the week.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You have to compromise with others because the Moon is opposite your sign.

This is not a big deal. Just go with the flow. Late in the week, someone older might be opinionated. (Dodge this if you can.)

BORN THIS WEEK You are confident, extroverted and independent. You are ambitious and serious about your work. You lead a busy life, but you are also very caring. In the next three years, you will experience a time of culmination, success and financial accumulation. That’s why it is wise to settle your debts this year. This is also a social year! © 2016 King Features Syndicate Inc.

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