Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2015 i 5280 Magazine

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1 The number of times Justin Bieber appears in this issue (see “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” page 56, for an incredibly strange photo of Bieber with the family of the late Michael Jackson at his memorial). 12 The number of Oscar and Emmy awards that Colorado documentary filmmakers and producers have won or been nominated for in the past decade. Hear from two of the victors, Daniel Junge and Alison Greenberg Millice, in “Cinema Vérité” (page 78). 13 The number of years since Colorado Rapids head coach Pablo Mastroeni (“Head Games,” page 74) posed in a, uh, unique New York Times photo spread (below). We’ve all got embarrassing photos from our pasts, but he may win the early aughts category. 312 The number of miles senior associate editor Daliah Singer…

When Coloradans voted to legalize marijuana more than a year ago, everyone suspected there would be side effects. What forecasters didn’t predict was that one of them would be a red-hot industrial real estate market. As more growers seek larger facilities (and lower rents) to raise their crops, the Denver market is tightening, says Brett Gilbert, president of Competitive Edge Engineering and a developer for multiple grow operations. The 2014 Denver Industrial Market Trends report shows that the Mile High City’s industrial real estate market expanded for 10 consecutive quarters; the number of occupied square feet nearly doubled in the first half of 2014 alone. With increased demand, prices have jumped from $40 per square foot to more than $80. The competition is so fierce that one of Gilbert’s clients…

MOLLY BROWN (1867–1932) The Capitol Hill resident used her money and notoriety to help Titanic survivors and to advance the rights of women and workers. DANA CRAWFORD (1930–) Crawford has helped redevelop more than 800,000 square feet of the city’s historic properties, including the iconic Union Station. LINDA ALVARADO (1951–) The first Latino to own an MLB team (the Rockies) turned a $2,500 loan into Alvarado Construction, which built Sports Authority Field at Mile High.…

COLORADANS ARE GOOD at a great many things (making beer, staying fit, making more beer…), but sharing, it appears, is not among our talents. The Centennial State, owner of the nation’s 18th-largest economy, ranked a middling 34th in commodities exports in 2014 with $8.4 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That doesn’t seem to jibe with the state’s recent prosperity. Colorado tied Utah for the sixth fastest growing GDP the year before (2014’s data isn’t available yet), and our unemployment rate is well below the U.S. average. The paradox comes down to vocabulary. The Census Bureau defines a commodity as a physical good—a “thing” grown, mined, or mass-produced in the state. Colorado’s economy, though, tends to favor services, says James Markusen, a University of Colorado Boulder professor who specializes…

(Riverhead Books, March) We expect certain things from a spring break beach read: intrigue, romance, engaging characters, and a fast-moving plot. Denverite Francine Mathews’ Too Bad To Die delivers on all fronts. The World War II spy novel is a riveting, fictional account of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin’s 1943 meeting in Tehran, Iran, to plan the Allied attack on the Germans. The only wrinkle (besides a few steamy—and potentially career-killing—affairs): A German assassin is hidden among the ranks, awaiting the opportunity to take out the Allied leadership. If it sounds like a Bond movie, well, it should. The novel’s central character is none other than British Naval Intelligence of-officer Ian Fleming, an attractive and astute desk jockey with a penchant for penning stories at night about…

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Since DIA sits a good 20 miles from downtown on the Eastern Plains, just getting there to catch your flight is no small feat— never mind if you’ve got to drop Fido off at the boarder first. Paradise 4 Paws, which opened in December, eliminates at least one of those problems. Situated less than three miles from DIA, Paradise 4 Paws provides pet boarding and on-site parking ($12 per night), so you can say goodbye to Spot and hop on a free shuttle to your terminal. It’s not just about expediency, though. Paradise is also about luxury for your four-legged friends: The 25,000-square-foot facility nixes cages, offering only suites— some of which have TVs and human-size beds. A day for a canine guest might include a morning massage, a dip…

PERRY SANDERS JR., a 60-yearold attorney with deep-set hazel eyes, is stretched out on a black couch near the front window of the Springs Orleans restaurant in downtown Colorado Springs. Sanders, dressed in a black tracksuit, chats with two men wearing ties. After a few minutes, he wraps their conversation with a round of handshakes and then shifts his focus my way. For the past three years, this man has been the personal lawyer for Katherine Jackson—mother of the late pop music icon Michael Jackson—and has handled the business of Michael’s estate as the family has navigated one of the highest-profile celebrity legal disputes in recent years. Sanders, whom a writer once likened to “an actor hired to play Lex Luthor as a protagonist,” ambles across the restaurant. He sits…

THEY HAD TO FIND A SAFE WAY out of China for themselves—and for their contraband. It was 2003, and Jim Butterworth and Lisa Sleeth had spent two months along the country’s border with North Korea shooting footage of and interviewing refugees who’d escaped from one of the world’s most secretive and repressive regimes. Now, the two accidental filmmakers—he was a longtime techie turned venture capitalist, she was an ICU nurse—needed to get back to Colorado if they wanted their nascent movie to ever be seen. If they were caught with the footage, the duo would likely be imprisoned; anyone who had cooperated with them could face even graver consequences. After a debate about how best to get out of China, they decided to go big: Having shot “stupid tourist footage”…

IF YOU WERE to poll the general public, the consensus probably would tab Michael Moore as America’s most famous (or infamous) documentarian. But to many Colorado filmmakers, the man behind Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Roger & Me is fast becoming a dinosaur for one very simple reason: He’s not really a storyteller. A defining quality of most Colorado-made documentaries is that instead of using narrators to spoon-feed viewers what’s important—until recently, the preferred M.O. of Moore and many documentarians—they’re more likely to convey their messages by assembling a compelling narrative. “Documentaries should be character- and story driven, not issue-driven,” says Jim Butterworth, who’s produced more than a dozen movies and also co-founded Naked Edge Films, a Boulder company that provides funds and production and consultation services for documentarians.…

BISTRO BARBÈS 5021 E. 28th Ave. 720-398-8085 bistrobarbes.com For more on our ratings, visit 5280.com/ratings. THE DRAW An endearing and romantic bistro with neighborhood charm and global soul. THE DRAWBACK Service seems to give preference to regulars; this stretch of East 28th Avenue can feel a bit dicey after dark. DON’T MISS Wild escargot b’steeya, beef tartare, stuffed artichoke heart, rainbow trout, quince tarte Tatin DETAILS Entrées at dinner, $20 to $27. Street parking. Open Tuesday through Saturday for dinner. Reservations recommended “I FEEL LIKE I’m in Eastern Europe or Greece or even Africa,” I said to my companion within moments of our arrival. Fluorescent lights beat down on an open kitchen framed by dangling speaker cords held together with blue painter’s tape. Fresh flowers and white tablecloths, accessories that…

The wedge salad may be a classic, but it’s also one of the more underwhelming dishes in American cuisine. That’s not the case at three-month-old Stout Street Social. Here, any likeness to the standard wedge begins and ends with a hunk of iceberg and halved grape tomatoes. Thick cuts of pork belly, fried and tossed in a bourbon-maple glaze, take the place of bacon bits. Blue cheese dressing is lightened up with mere crumbles of cheese in a tangy white balsamic vinaigrette. And cucumber, paper-thin radish slices, and a generous sprinkling of fried onions finish on the salad makeover. Dig in for a fresh take on an old standby. 1400 Stout St., 720-214-9100, stoutstsocial.com…

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AMANDA M. FAISON Every year after wrapping up the enviable task of researching “Best New Restaurants” (page 64), food editor Amanda M. Faison goes into detox mode. “It’s a serious amount of eating to pack into a couple of months,” she says. “After that, I need a long break from dining out.” But the explosive growth in the restaurant industry over the past year meant more spots to visit than ever before: Her final list left Faison with 32 eateries that had to be vetted. “This year’s pool of restaurants was the strongest ever,” she says. “The 10 selections in this issue represent an excellent cross section of the local dining scene’s maturation.” LINCOLN AGNEW Illustrator Lincoln Agnew, who lives in Berlin, describes his quirky aesthetic as “cut and paste,”…

I greatly enjoyed Luc Hatlestad’s “Citizen Pain” (January), though there is an alternative explanation for the “incoherent” election outcome: The voters of our fair state like checks and balances and divided government. A fair number of the smartest people I know went to the polls—eyes wide open—voting for Democrat John Hickenlooper and Republican Cory Gardner. Voters gave full control of state government to the GOP early in the last decade; they didn’t much care for the outcome. (See guns, gays, God, and the redistricting mud bath.) And after a few years of experimenting with unchecked Democratic reign, it is clear “we the people” didn’t care for that brand of one-party rule either. Voters here are a little more discerning than some might give them credit for. Their operating framework is…

“Breakout year” doesn’t begin to describe Steamboat Springs–born pro snowboarder Taylor Gold’s season last year: He took second at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix series, topped the podium at the Burton U.S. Open, and made his first Olympic team—all before he could legally order a Coors Banquet. With the U.S. Open returning to Vail from March 2 to 7, we caught up with Gold to chat about tricks, training, and preparation. 2014 was huge for you. What was behind your success? I’ve had the motivation for a long time. It just clicked last year. I worked really hard the previous summer to get enough tricks to be competitive and to make them consistent, and that worked to my advantage. Are you on the snow every day? I’d say I snowboard…

IT TAKES A VILLAGE—coaches, physical therapists, nutritionists, trainers, sports psychologists— to keep a professional athlete in the physical (and mental) shape required to perform at an elite level. So it should come as no surprise that when pro athletes need help kicking addictions, they demand equally specialized treatment to shepherd them to recovery. Enter the Center for Dependency, Addiction, and Rehabilitation (CeDAR) on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. In November, CeDAR became the nation’s first recovery program specifically for elite athletes: The Ascent Program allows pros to anonymously check themselves in to CeDAR’s seven-acre sanctuary for 30-day inpatient rehabilitation stays without interrupting their normal workout schedules. “When these athletes first walk through our doors, they are tough and hard on the outside and completely broken on…

It’s easy to dismiss Denver’s homeless population with stereotypes like “beggars,” “crazies,” or “addicts.” But every person living without permanent housing has a story as unique as the features on his or her face. Making those tales—and faces—resonate is the goal of photographer Dylan Burr’s coffee-table book (and art show and documentary) The Neighbours Project. Last year, Burr took portraits of 30 men and women experiencing homelessness at the St. Francis Center shelter. But instead of taking shots with the digital camera he uses as a wedding photographer, Burr employed wet plate collodion, a 164-yearold process that requires as much science as art—not to mention 15 minutes to create every photo. Chemically treated silver or glass plates are inserted into an antique camera and exposed to light to produce images…

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DURING A YEAR IN WHICH AN ABUNDANCE OF OPENINGS GAVE DENVER DINERS A DIZZYING ARRAY OF NEW RESTAURANT OPTIONS, THESE 10 SPOTS DISTINGUISHEDTHEMSELVESWITHFRESHPERSPECTIVES AND CLEAR POINTS OF VIEW. THAT’S A BIG DEAL IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE DINING LANDSCAPE. AND WHILE THESE PLACES MAY NOT BE PERFECT— YET—YOU’RE GUARANTEED TO TASTE, AND FEEL, GREATNESS AT EACH ONE. THESE ARE THE EATERIES DRIVING OUR DINING CULTURE FORWARD. GO, EAT…AND ENJOY! WORK & CLASS 2500 Larimer St., #101, 303-292-0700, workandclassdenver.com The restaurant everyone’s talking about these days is Work & Class, where executive chef and co-owner Dana Rodriguez’s Latin-influenced American eats are bold and unapologetically casual. At this 51-seat spot on the edge of RiNo, dishes such as roasted goat and braised short ribs arrive on tin plates, servers are relaxed but smart,…

The success of an individual documentary typically depends on the passion and perseverance of its director, but to establish a community of filmmakers requires infrastructure. That’s where people like Britta Erickson and Alison Greenberg Millice enter the frame. Erickson is the Denver Film Society’s festival director, and Millice is its advancement director. (They’re also co-producing Rolling Papers, an upcoming film about the first year of marijuana legalization in Colorado, and Millice co-produced Saving Face.) The mission of the DFS is to promote Colorado films and filmmakers via festivals and networking events that showcase works and, at the same time, provide connections and educational sessions that teach budding directors how to see their projects to fruition. The pair recently sat down with 5280 to discuss their work and how the Front…

375,000 Number of Hershey’s Kisses Keystone Resort’s on-mountain restaurants hand out each ski season. keystoneresort.com WHEN I MOVED to Colorado in 2012 after four years of island living on Oahu, I thought I would be giving up Hawaiian food forever. But recently, hungry after a long day of volunteer farmwork in Windsor, I followed my smartphone’s recommendation to nearby Okole Maluna Hawaiian Grill. Despite driving past the restaurant twice before spotting the sign, I knew I was home as soon as I entered and the hostess greeted me with a friendly Hawaiian “Howzit?” Hawaiian food often gets lost in the plethora of Asian cuisines or simply written off as “pizza with pineapple.” But island-born chef Andy Higa honors tradition with noteworthy dishes such as saimin, a noodle soup similar to…

GREEN CHILE IS AS HOTLY debated in the Southwest as barbecue is in the South. You can dig into the finer points—the traditional New Mexican stew is made specifically with Hatch chiles, and yes, chile is spelled with an “e,” not an “I”—or you can simply enjoy the fiery rips that have cropped up in Denver. PROST FINE BEERS AND SAUSAGES Sausage’s meaty bite is a natural pairing with green chile’s heat. At Prost, Highland’s Bavarian beer hall, you’ll find buffalo sausage gussied up with green chile and chipotle peppers for a smoky, spicy combo. 3464 W. 32nd Ave., 303-455-9012, prost finebeers.com SWEET ACTION ICE CREAM Known for its inspired and eclectic assortment of flavors, Sweet Action will not disappoint chile fans: In the late summer, the shop scoops green…

Symbol Guide NEW Indicates a restaurant featured in 5280 for the first time (though not necessarily a restaurant that has just opened). 25 BEST Indicates inclusion in our annual list of Denver’s best restaurants released each October. These selections are at the discretion of 5280 editors and critics and are subject to change. BEST NEW Indicates inclusion in our annual list of Denver’s best new restaurants released each March. These selections are at the discretion of 5280 editors and critics and are subject to change. THE DOLLAR SYMBOLS included in each listing indicate how much you can expect to pay for an average dinner entrée: $ Average entrée under $10. $$ Average entrée $11–$15. $$$ Average entrée $16–$25. $$$$ Average entrée $26 and higher. A 1515 RESTAURANT $$$ DOWNTOWN /…

There’s an old saying in media and sports circles that goes something like this: If an alien were to come to Earth from outer space and read a newspaper, he’d likely conclude that sports are one of the most important things on the planet. Think about it for a moment: We’ve got the sports pages, the evening news sports report, ESPN (and its numerous ancillary stations and publications), Sports Illustrated, AM sports talk radio, Deadspin, Grantland, SBNation, the Bleacher Report—the list goes on and on. Some people point to this proliferation of sports coverage as evidence that our priorities are out of whack. If only we devoted as many resources to investigating, debating, and demanding changes from our governments and large corporations…. If only we paid teachers as much as…

“AS A NATIVE CHICAGOAN, I COMPLETELY AGREE! NO OTHER DEEP DISH IN COLORADO HAS GOTTEN CLOSE TO THE PIZZA I LOVE.” Brooke Ray, one of 50 readers who shared their opinions via Facebook on 5280.com’s “For (Virtually) Authentic Chicago-Style Pizza, Patxi’s Delivers” (January 30). “GOOD STORY. @WYOWRESTLE NO DOUBT THAT MICHAEL MARTINEZ IS TOUGH! #COWBOYUP” @atvoos, via Twitter, on “The Fire Inside” in the January issue. PLAYING FOR PABLO As the Colorado Rapids’ 2015 season kicks off this month, soccer fans will turn their attention to second-year head coach and legendary MLS player Pablo Mastroeni (pictured circa 2006). In “Head Games” (page 74), senior editor Natasha Gardner profiles the proud and persistent Mastroeni as he tries to find a way to reinvigorate his team. Visit 5280.com/pablo for videos and photos…

FOR ALL OF ROSIE THE RIVETER’S mid-century encouragement (“We Can Do It!”), by 1985, we still had a few bolts to tighten in terms of gender equality. Determined that “America’s future is on the line,” the Denver Women’s Commission formed in March of that year and has been the city’s official advocate for women ever since (helping usher in legislation that made higher insurance premiums for women illegal, for instance). This year it will advise the mayor on a study of pay by gender among city workers. We’ve been studying, too, and 30 years on, we might not be able to say, “We Did It!”—but we can at least say, “We’re Getting There!” *The average weekly cost of childcare in Denver County is $296.35 for an infant and $220.71 for…

The final 1,737-mile journey for an eight-byeight-by-40-foot shipping container starts at Louisville’s Monarch High School. This month, the container, now transformed into a furnished medical and dental clinic, will make its way to Mexico City, where it will serve some of the more than 40,000 Los Reyes La Paz residents who don’t have access to health services. Over the past year, about 50 Monarch students volunteered their specialties— from architecture to art to robotics design—to create the $30,000 facility under the guidance of Louisville’s Homes of Living Hope nonprofit. Once the clinic is installed, local medical and dental students will practice out of the two exam rooms and a shared office space and pharmacy. “It gives students real-world applications in building projects,” Homes of Living Hope director Bart Wear says.…

PAINTING DREAMS at the Denver Art Museum Art class doesn’t have to end just because school is out. The Denver Art Museum wants to spur mini Monets’ creativities, and from March 21 to April 5, admission for children 18 and under is free. The museum adds to the whimsical figures in Joan Miró’s Instinct and Imagination exhibit with live, art-inspired performances by Buntport Theater, bilingual storytelling sessions, and interactive backpacks filled with activities and crafts. DETAILS: Free. Opens March 22. denverartmuseum.org ADRENALINE RUSH at Philip S. Miller Park Last fall, Castle Rock completed the 60,000-square-foot Miller Activity Complex, phase one of the Philip S. Miller Park recreation complex. This spring, the outdoor phase debuts 10 zip lines, which average more than 830 feet long. Book a two-and a-half-hour session with Castle…

Entrepreneur Rodman Schley’s definition of “green” used to center on banknotes, not bettering the planet. But in 2009, when his wife, Gina, expressed her desire for a more eco-friendly lifestyle—and eventually convinced Rodman to sell their suburban mansion and rent a home on an acre of land in Arvada—he realized that downsizing wasn’t that big of a loss. “I thought I would miss my big house, but I don’t even think about it day to day,” Rodman says. With Gina’s encouragement, Rodman began exploring other ways to live sustainably—with the cameras rolling. Rodman and his production company, 9-Ball Studios, started filming his environmental efforts, such as backyard beekeeping, and turning them into humorous and informative 20-minute online shows. Five years later, American Public Television picked up his series, Urban Conversion.…

FOR ONCE, IT’ S NOT WINDY. Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City is usually buffeted by gusts that race from the foothills toward the Eastern Plains, but on October 18, 2014, the flags at the seven-yearold soccer stadium hang limp. A teenager screeches out an awkward version of the national anthem on an electric guitar as the sparse crowd awaits the Colorado Rapids’ last home game of the year. The meager attendance is probably good; it means fewer people will notice that the kids hauling the oversized state flag off the field are dragging it along the ground. The Rapids are set to face FC Dallas, an MLS rival coached by Óscar Pareja. Pareja was Colorado’s coach less than a year ago, but in a soap-operatic move, he absconded…

JEFF ORLOWSKI came to Boulder in 2007 after graduating from Stanford University, and not long after, he started work on his first feature film, Chasing Ice, an awardwinning look at climate change. (It also scored a surprising Oscar nomination for best original song, for J. Ralph’s “Before My Time.”) Not a bad way to launch a career. But Orlowski wanted to stay in Colorado and keep his professional momentum going (not to mention take advantage of the quality of life), so he founded Exposure Labs, a production company that focuses on “socially relevant filmmaking,” both documentary and fictional. “We try to produce our own work and that of other filmmakers, and we do a lot of freelance cinematography,” Orlowski says. “Our commercial work”—for example, with Apple and Stanford—“pays for itself…

NAME: Libby Huskey AGE: 36 FIRST ACT: Lawyer MOTTO: Life is about balancing risks, the calculated squaring off against the outlandish. Both are worth it. Romance novels may seem like an odd choice of reading material for someone with an advanced degree and a high-stress job as a patent lawyer. But Libby Huskey says many professionals like her use the lighthearted reads as a way to escape. What many people like her don’t do, however, is quit lucrative careers at law firms to write them. “I’ve always been a really good technical writer—I mean, a lawyer is a professional writer,” Huskey says. “The question was, could I write fiction?” In the days after she left her job as an attorney, Huskey, who writes under the pen name Libby Rice, joined Colorado…

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BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MARCH 5–8 One of the ‘25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World’--BIFF features four days of great new films, filmmaker talkbacks, celebrity guests and parties! CineCHEF tasting, starring Boulder’s most talented chefs. Opening Night Red Carpet Gala and much more! Information and tickets at biff1.com ARTISTS SELECT: MARK MOTHERSBAUGH MARCH 6–MAY 3 Experience the Clyfford Still Museum’s first exhibition curated by an artist. Like Still, creative polymath Mark Mothersbaugh is a successful outsider known for entirely new artistic concepts. A joint ticket with MCA Denver’s Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia is also available. Tue–Thu, Sat–Sun: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Fri: 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Information at clyffordstillmuseum.org RUNNIN’ OF THE GREEN MARCH 15, 10:15 a.m. LoDo. Join us for the 27th Annual Runnin’ Of The Green at 17th and Wazee…