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| Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
 | Accessing Higher Ground
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Disability Services at the University of Colorado at Boulder presents Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference for Education, for Businesses, for Web and Media Designers.
Accessing Higher Ground focuses on the implementation and benefits of Assistive Technology in the university and college setting for people with sensory, physical and learning disabilities. Other topics include legal and policy issues, including ADA and 508 compliance, and making campus media and information resources - including Web pages and library resources - accessible.
For more information, and to register, please visit the conference website.
In Collaboration with AHEAD, EASI and ATHEN. |
 | Navajo Weaving: Diamonds, Dreams, Landscapes
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
In May of 2009, the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History will open a new exhibition entitled Navajo Weaving: Diamonds, Dreams, Landscapes.
Presented in three iterations of 20-30 Navajo textiles each, the
exhibit will showcase the breadth and depth of the Museum's Joe Ben
Wheat Southwestern Textile Collection, considered to be one of the
world's best collections of Navajo textiles.
A full slate of public and school programming will accompany
the exhibit, including a grand opening event; hands-on workshops for
adults, parents and children; guided tours; movie showings featuring
movies with Navajo directors, producers, and actors; and programs and
demonstrations on natural dyes and textile conservation.
Judy M. Newland, Faculty Associate and Exhibit Developer at the Arizona
State University Museum of Anthropology is the Guest Curator for the
exhibition. |
 | Weaving Memory: Monotypes by Melanie Yazzie
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Artist Melanie Yazzie's prints are inspired by the textiles from the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History's Joe Ben Wheat Collection and by memories from Yazzie's childhood with her grandmother Thelma Baldwin, a weaver in Wide Ruins, Arizona. |
 | Americans In a Changing China: 1920-2008
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Documenting China, Contemporary Photography and Social Change is a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit.
The exhibit encompasses three eras of change in China, which is a
timely subject as China and its status on the international stage is
changing so rapidly. Apart from Hinkley’s experience abroad, the
exhibit also includes views of more recent change in China through an
exhibit on loan from Bates College Museum of Art and the Smithsonian
Institution Traveling Exhibition Service from April 11 to June 7, 2009.
It illustrates the country’s development during the past 25 years
through the lenses of seven Chinese photographers. For more information, please click here. |
 | Resistencia Visual: Woodblock Prints from the Oaxacan Assembly of Revolutionary Artists
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Extended by popular demand!
The UMC Art Gallery, located near the Reception Desk on the second floor of the University Memorial Center, presents a wide variety of art work from national, international, and local artists. |
 | Perfectionism 101
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Is perfectionism affecting your work, relationships, or ability to succeed? Come to this workshop to learn the basics of perfectionism and how to deal with it. |
 | Culture Sip: Book Swap!
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Bring an unwanted book and swap it out for something new! Don't have a book to swap? That's okay, too! The Dennis Small Cultural Center’s Lending Library is filled with books ready to be checked out! Explore cultures around the world through the art of literature. Thursday, Nov. 12th 2-4pm in the DSCC, UMC 457.
Connect. Relax. Sip. |
 | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Are you stressed and overwhelmed? Experience the potential life-changing practices of mindfulness, including meditation and gentle yoga. CDs and other materials will be provided to support practice between sessions. For more information please visit Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). |
 | Dynamic Choices
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
A drop-in group for individuals considering behavior change: if you find yourself doing drugs, alcohol, or any other habitual behavior in a way that is not serving you - this group is for you. You will learn to live in alignment with your values by giving and receiving feedback in a safe place.
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 | CHA's 3rd Annual Eaton Lecture
4:00 PM
CHA's 3rd Annual Eaton Lecture, featuring Silvio Torres-Saillant, Department of English at Syracuse University. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts with endowed funds from Woody and Leslie Eaton. |
 | Department of Integrative Physiology Colloquium
4:00 PM
Response of the Human Motor Control System to Mechanical Perturbation
Presented by Ziaul Hasan. Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Movement Sciences and Physical Therapy
University of Illinois at Chicago
(Host: Alaa Ahmed, alaa.ahmed@colorado.edu) |
 | Afghan Culture Night
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Afghan Culture Night 2009 "Afghanistan: At the Crossroads of History"
The Afghan Student Union invites you to discover and share Afghan culture at our Afghan Culture Night. "Afghanistan: At the Crossroads of History" is a free event and will be a night of free Afghan food, live music, poetry, performances, prizes, cultural booths, presentations and more! Also, don't forget that we are teaming up with Afghans4Tomorrow to raise funds to help maintain three schools of primary education for girls and boys in Afghanistan. Generous donations can also be made at the event!
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 | Interracial Dating Panel
5:30 PM
In this modern day and age, couples of mixed backgrounds are becoming more prevalent. Similarities are supposed to keep couples together while differences break them apart: how then do interracial couples maintain a strong, healthy relationship? And is it that much different from a same-race relationship? Join Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. for fun trivia, prizes, videos, and speakers. |
 | Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future
7:00 PM
Professor Bron Taylor,who teaches in religious studies, environmental studies, and environmental ethics at the University of Florida, will present a lecture on "Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future." A reception for the speaker will begin at 6:30.
Sponsored by Religious Studies, GCAH, CHA, and Center for Media and Religion. |
| Fulbright Grant - Information Meeting
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 7:00 P.M. in Humanities 186
Fulbright awards are offered in more than 140 countries worldwide in nearly all fields and disciplines, including the sciences, professional fields and the Creative and Performing Arts.
Please come to a Fulbright information meeting presented by Roman Yavich, a Fulbright Alumni and CU-Boulder graduate. Roman will discuss his year in Nicaragua researching the sustainability of the tourism industry in Nicaragua and the non-profit organization he has established there which brings together investors, tourists, the local government, and local residents to foster sustainable development, leadership, and civic engagement through education and collaboration.
Come to an information meeting to learn how you too can apply for a Fulbright grant.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 7:00 P.M. in Humanities 186
sponsored by the Office of International Education
contact:
Nancy Vanacore
303-492-6016
e-mail: vanacore@colorado.edu
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 | IFS presents: The Yes Men Fix The World
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Pranksters Unmask Global Injustice
The Yes Men will have two showtimes on November 12th at 7 and 9pm.
The Yes
Men are anti-corporate pranksters who create phony Web sites to get
themselves invited to high-level corporate conferences and media events- there
they give hilarious Swiftian analysis and satirize human rights abuses.
For additional information and to watch the trailer
please visit: internationalfilmseries.com
Follow IFS on Twitter at BoulderIFS and on Facebook
at InternationalFilmSeries for additional updates, ticket information, dates
and times, and maps for parking.
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 | Remedies for a New West Book Release
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us as we celebrate the release of our newest book, Remedies for a New West: Healing Landscapes, Histories, and Cultures. Published by the University of Arizona Press, this exciting new collaborative volume, edited by Patty Limerick, Andrew Cowell, and Sharon Collinge, offers a kaleidoscope of viewpoints from engineers, biologists, linguists, musicians, lawyers, and others - on strategies for restoration, repair, and remediation in response to historical injuries to the people and landscapes of the West. More than "dealing with" or "solving," the concept of healing addresses not just symptoms but their underlying causes, offering not just a temporary cure but a permanent one. The books editors, and some of the contributors, will be on hand to read and talk about this project.
Books will be for sale after the event. |
 | Colorado Skies: Galaxies
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Enjoy a night under the stars at Fiske Planetarium and learn about the wonders of galaxies! |
 | Doctoral Student Recital: Lisa Phillips, flute
7:30 PM
Debussy - Syrinx
Weber - Trio in G minor for Flute, Cello, and Piano, Op. 63
Dutilleux - Sonatine
Varèse - Density 21.5
Telemann - Sonata No. 3 in F minor for treble recorder and basso continuo from Der getreue Music-Meister, TWV 41:f1
Chaminade - Concertino, Op. 107
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 | Guest Recital: Borup-Ernst Duo
7:30 PM
Hasse Borup, Violin and Mary Kathleen Ernst, Piano
"The dialogue between the two musicians is seamless." (Allmusic.com)
"Their collaboration is intuitive, their technique amazing, and their musicality superb." (Deseret News, Salt Lake City)
Experience an evening filled with passion and pyrotechnics. This captivating, internationally acclaimed duo presents Mozart's sparkling Sonata K. 454 in Eb, the Colorado premiere of American Leon Kirchner's fiery Duo No.2, and Sonata for Violin and Piano, the romantic masterpiece of French composer Cesar Franck. A reception follows the recital.
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 | Philistines
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
The University of Colorado, Department of Theatre and Dance is proud
to present Maxim Gorky’s first play, “Philistines.”
A
pre-revolutionary play that blends sharp-edged drama with black comedy and
politics, “Philistines” is centered around a family of ordinary, provincial and
small bourgeois Russians. The Bessemenov family is headed by a reactionary and
miserly father and a cruel and vindictive mother. This couple subjects their
three adult children – a daughter, a son and an adopted son – to their
tyrannical nature. Also subjected are the lodgers – a group sharing the
residence – who constantly provoke the family with their sharp criticism and
joie de vivre.
The
drama is rooted in the irreconcilable differences between fathers and sons, who
long to break free from the suffocating rigidity of their elders. Gorky crafts a sharp and ironic
commentary on a wide range of issues through his mirror of Russian society,
from class differences to provocative issues of sex, economics, politics, love
and marriage.
Directed by P.R. Berton and presented by the students at the
University of Colorado at Boulder, tickets for this University Theatre
production are now on sale.
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| Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band
7:30 PM
Bryant - Ecstatic Waters
Yi - Suite from China West
Ticheli - Angels in the Architecture
Husa - Smetana Fanfare
Beckel - Symphony for Band
Bryant - Suite Dreams
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis
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 | Horse Feathers and Radical Knitting Circle
9:00 PM
Portland's Horse Feathers offer up a rustic, evocative blend of violin, cello, banjo and mandolin, all topped off by incredibly haunting and poetic lyrics. Old Main Theatre's excellent acoustics and old-school charm make it the perfect venue to enjoy the enchanting, folksy music of Horse Feathers. The show is Thursday, Nov. 12 at 9 PM in Old Main Theatre.
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| | IFS presents: The Yes Men Fix The World
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Pranksters Unmask Global Injustice
The Yes Men will have two showtimes on November 12th at 7 and 9pm.
The Yes
Men are anti-corporate pranksters who create phony Web sites to get
themselves invited to high-level corporate conferences and media events- there
they give hilarious Swiftian analysis and satirize human rights abuses.
For additional information and to watch the trailer
please visit: internationalfilmseries.com
Follow IFS on Twitter at BoulderIFS and on Facebook
at InternationalFilmSeries for additional updates, ticket information, dates
and times, and maps for parking.
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 | Thursday Night DISCO BOWL!
9:00 PM
Every Thursday night, 9pm - close, the mirror ball comes out, the alleys are dark with backlit pins and your favorite tunes are cranked up! Experience the FUN of Disco Bowling! |
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