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Sauturday May 30th at 7:00

From theory to practice: Talking Home Rule Politics for Boulder County

Grassroots activist and Boulder County Home Rule citizens petition volunteer organizer, Liz Marsis, will facilitate a discussion on the local politics and strengthening democracy through home rule.

Bring a quote, or reflect on one below, to get your conversational juices running on local political reform as key to a better democracy, here and nationwide.

Liz Marsis holds a Masters in Philosophy and has over 10 years professional organizing and program development experience with various social justice and environmental organizations.


SUGGESTED READING

Fiction: The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun. “I’m not going to stick around with politicians who are bent on abusing, stealing, starving or poisoning me. … The American people deserve political partners who will treat them with respect. I’ll vote for anyone who can honestly say, I love you … and then act like it. Pp. 240-241.

Political Science: Tyranny of the Minority, by Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt. “Why are threats to American democracy emerging now, in the early twenty-first century? After all, the Constitution is centuries old. Understanding how we got here is a principal task of this book. The more urgent question, however, is how to get out. One thing is clear: Our institutions will not save our democracy. We will have to save it ourselves." P. 11.

Philosophy: Democracy in America, Volume One, By Alexis de Tocqueville (Arthur Goldhammer translation). “WHAT IS MOST STRIKING ABOUT THE SOCIAL STATE OF THE ANGLO-AMERICANS IS THAT IT IS ESSENTIALLY DEMOCRATIC

First immigrants to New England. – Equal among themselves. – Aristocratic laws introduced in the South. Epoch of the Revolution. – Change in the laws of inheritance. – Effects produced by this change. – Equality pushed to its ultimate limits in the new states of the West. –Equality of intellect." P. 52.

Inkberry Books: June 4, 2026, at 7 p.m. 

Local Writers Reading


Boulder author and journalist Christine M. Tracy has launched a monthly reading night at the newly expanded Inkberry Books in Cottonwood Square. Local writers will read from a variety of genres followed by a lively discussion. Nibbles and wine served too.

Christine M. Tracy is a writer, journalist, rhetorician, and and Teilhardian scholar.



                
            		
        

    





    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
Inspired by Teilhard's 'noosphere,' Tracy coined the term "newsphere" and wrote TheNewsphere: Understanding the News and Information Environment, The Mystic As Everyman, and most recently Just Trust Life: A Journey with Teilhard de Chardin. She will read from her memoir Just Trust Life on Thursday, May 7.


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Alteration by Claire Ibarra


Margaret is an acclaimed fashion designer, devoted mother, keeper of order and elegance in a city that never slows. But one morning, she simply doesn't get out of bed. She has the startling discovery that here, within her quilted sanctuary, life feels gentler, truer, and more alive.








What begins as a quiet rebellion becomes a daring experiment in stillness. From her antique four-poster bed, Margaret receives a parade of visitors -- among 


                
            		
            
            
                
    
    


            
        

    




    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    
them are her free-spirited best friend, fretful daughter, young neighbor, and even the echo of her late husband. As secrets and old wounds surface, she begins to confront painful truths.

With wit, wonder, and a sharp eye for the absurd, Alteration invites us to ask what happens when we stop merely performing and begin fully living -- one unexpected revelation at a time.


    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    






    

        

            
            
                
    
    


            
            
            
                
Claire Ibarra


Claire Ibarra's second novel Alteration is published by Atmosphere Press. Her debut novel Fragile Saints was a finalist for the 2022 CAL Literary Book Award. Claire's poetry chapbook Vortex of Our Affections was published by Finishing Line Press in 2017. She received her MFA in creative writing from Florida International University. 

                
            		
        

    





    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
Her work can also be found in many fine literary magazines and anthologies. You can learn more at www.claireibarra.com


    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    







    

        

            
            
                
The Silence that Remains by Meg Wingerter


The Silence that Remains has the historical sweep of A Gentleman in Moscow, but without the walls of a fancy hotel to keep out Stalin's reign of terror.


A few lines:


I told a series of half-truths to get here.
When the woman stamping travel papers asked, I said I was looking for my late father-in-law's sister, to give her a few of 


                
            		
            
            
                
    
    


            
        

    




    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
his things. I would have had to bribe her if I were trying to go to Moscow or Leningrad, or any of the cities where you need a residency permit. But no one was trying to illegally set up in a backwater like Tambov Province. I packed up a few worn-down things in case they decided to search my bag. No one did, though. I've been told I have an innocent face.


    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    






    

        

            
            
                
    
    


            
            
            
                
Meg Wingerter


Meg Wingerter started writing this book right out of college, because pens, notebooks, and library books were about all she could afford for entertainment on intern wages.

                
            		
        

    





    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
 It took nearly eight years, five jobs, four states, one pandemic, and enough research to create a freshman-level course on early Soviet history, but at the end, she had a novel.


Wingerter lives in Arvada with her husband Justin and daughter Claire. She covers health for The Denver Post, and has been published in The Oklahoman, The Topeka Capitol-Journal, The Muskegon Chronicle, and The (Lancaster) Sunday News. She has been recognized for her journalistic writing and beat Mitch Albom for top columnist in Michigan in 2012. Despite what the trolls may tell you, this is her first work of fiction.


    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    









    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
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Friday, June 5th


5:00 - 6:30
Opening Reception
Maite Russell


    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    







    

        
            
                

                    

                        
                            

    
    



                        
                    

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

                            





                        		
                    

                    
                    
                

            
        		
        
        
            
                

                    

                        
                            

    
    



                        
                    

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

                            


                        		
                    

                    
                    
                

            
        		
        
        
            
                

                    

                        
                            

    
    



                        
                    

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

                            


                        		
                    

                    
                    
                

            
        		
    





    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    






    

        

            
            
                
    
    


            
            
            
                
about the artist


Maite Russell is a multimedia artist based in Golden, Colorado. Her work revolves around animal subjects (largely canine) portraying human emotions and ideas. She uses a combination of dreamlike surrealism and symbolism to enhance the message of the work. Russell believes the soul of each work is what makes it reach out to the viewer.

                
            		
        

    





    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    

    

        
            

                

                    
                

            

        		
    




    




                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    







 


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    
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Author Lydia Reeder


The Cure for Women





After Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school, more women sought opportunities to study medicine. Barred entrance to medical schools like Harvard, women built their own prestigious medical schools and hospitals. The success of these institutions provoked a strong backlash from male physicians, who argued 

                
            		
        

    





    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
that women should never attend college or join the medical profession, claiming that their menstrual cycles rendered them too fragile for anything but motherhood.

In this tumult, the brilliant Mary Putnam Jacobi, a protegee of Elizabeth Blackwell and the daughter of New York publisher George Palmer Putnam, discovered her passion for science. With a sharp mind and magnetic charm, Jacobi was the first woman accepted into the renowned Sorbonne medical school in Paris, where she graduated with the highest honors. As one of the most well-educated doctors in the world, she returned to New York for the fight of her life. Aided by other prominent women physicians and suffragists, Jacobi conducted the first data-driven, scientific research on women's reproductive biology. Her findings challenged key myths about women's health and shook the foundations of medical science and higher education.

The Cure for Women uncovers the rise of sexist science in 19th-century America and the ensuing fight for control over women's bodies and lives.


    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    

    

        
            

                

                    
                

            

        		
    




    




                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    







    

        

            
            
                
About the Author


Lydia's first book, the award-winning Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team that Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory (Algonquin Books), is a thrilling account of the origins of women's competitive basketball set in Oklahoma during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl.

Her new book, The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine that Changed 

                
            		
            
            
                
    
    


            
        

    




    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
Women's Lives Forever, was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award and received rave reviews from Publisher's Weekly, The New York Times, and BookPage.

In addition, Lydia spent many years developing eLearning programs for continuing education in nursing and healthcare. She lives in Denver with her husband and five cats. 



    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    



 








    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    
Authors Scott Graham & Kathleen Donnelly


in Conversation 


Inkberry Books: June 6th at 7pm at 7:00 PM


    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            

                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    
    

    
    
    
    

    

    

        
            
            
            
            
            
            

                
            

            
            
            
            
            
            
            

            
            
                        
                            
                        
                        
        		
    









    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    








    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    






                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    






    

        

            
            
                
    
    


            
            
            
                
Great Sand Dunes Massacre


by Scott Graham


When archaeologist Chuck Bender witnesses a shocking death while conducting a survey at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado, local cops quickly declare the bizarre killing an accident. But when Chuck discovers a series of mysterious artifacts that threaten the lives of film students in the park--including his daughter Rosie--he will stop at nothing to uncover the truth. 

                
            		
        

    





    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
Is a killer quietly stalking Great Sand Dunes? Are the students the next target? And why does no one seem to care about the young man whose brutal demise started it all? Together, Chuck and Rosie must unravel a devious web of deception and deceit--before one death turns into a massacre.





    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    







    

        

            
            
                
Buried Lies


by Kathleen Donnelly


When the man she loves is framed for murder, Maya Thompson and her K-9 will follow every trail to track the real killer down, in the fourth book in Kathleen Donnelly's National Forest K-9 series.
U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer Maya Thompson and her K-9, Juniper, are both ready for a break. Ever since moving to Colorado, it's been one investigation after another. Murder, arson, kidnapping...they've handled it 

                
            		
            
            
                
    
    


            
        

    




    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
all. Now that her boyfriend, Undersheriff Josh Colton, is coming home, Maya is looking forward to spending some quality time together.
Until she and Juniper find the body of a woman in a pile of forest debris meant to burn, that is. Then Maya's just looking forward to having Josh's help in solving the crime.


But when the victim turns out to be Josh's volatile ex-fiancee, and all signs point to Josh as the main suspect, Maya and Juniper must dig into Josh's past to uncover the truth...before the killer, fixated on revenge, finds them.


    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    






    

        

            
            
                
    
    


            
            
            
                
About the Authors


Scott Graham (scottfranklingraham.com) is the National Outdoor Book Award-winning author of the ten-books-and-counting National Park Mystery Series, published by Torrey House Press (torreyhouse.org). The series features archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family as they encounter villainous intrigue in America's iconic western national parks, illuminating environmental and social justice 

                
            		
        

    





    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
issues specific to the parks along the way.
Scott is an avid outdoorsman and public lands advocate who lives in southwest Colorado. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, radio disk jockey, city councilor, and coal-shoveling fireman on the steam-powered Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.


    
    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    




                            		
                    

                    

                        
                    

                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    

                        
                    

                    

                        

    
    






    

        

            
            
                
    
    


            
            
            
                
Kathleen Donnelly 


Award-winning author Kathleen Donnelly is a retired K-9 handler. She continues to enjoy crafting realism into her fictional stories from her dog-handling experience. Her love of the mountains came from growing up in Colorado and exploring the wilderness. Kathleen hosts the podcast, Sit. Stay. Read., a part of the Authors on the Air Global Network. She lives near the Colorado foothills with her husband and four-legged 

                
            		
        

    





    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    
    



    
    
    
    



    
    






    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    










    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    







                            		
                    

                    
                

                
                    
                    
                
            
        		
    






    
    
    


    

        
            
                
                

                
                

                

                    
                    

                        

    
    
friends. Visit Kathleen's website, kathleendonnelly.com, where you can sign up for her newsletter and find links to connect with her on social media.