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| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
 | George Crumb at 80 Music Festival (Multi-Day Event)
All Day
Pulitzer Prize winner George Crumb is an American icon in music. Since he began his career at CU years ago, Mr. Crumb he has influenced a whole generation of composers and performers including Christopher Rouse and Jennifer Higdon. Curated by Crumb expert and Associate Dean Steven Bruns, this festival will highlight the Colorado premiere of Songs from a Forgotten World and Sun and Shadow, and the world premiere of The Ghosts of Alhambra.
The artist roster brings together some of the most respected Crumb performers, Crumb scholars, and composers who have been impacted by his work, along with faculty artists from CU and five other major Colorado music institutions. Crumb specialists include singer Ann Crumb, piano duo Quattro Mani, and guitarist David Starobin. Mr. Crumb will interact with students and audience members through a public student masterclass, a panel discussion, a Composition Seminar, and more. In addition, a video of scores and related images will be shown on the Atlas Video Wall throughout the festival.
On October 2, CU Presents will also feature the Kronos Quartet performing Crumb’s Black Angels, as part of their residency. |
 | Magic Squares, A Video Art Installation by Jim Johnson
7:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Magic Squares, a video art installation created by former chair of CU's Department of Art and Art History, Jim Johnson, can be seen on the video wall in the lobby of the ATLAS building from August 24 to September 27. |
 | 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
CU alumna Lelia Hinkley graduated in 1915 and arrived in Peking, China in 1921 to work as the secretary of the national board of the YWCA.
Hinkley’s remarkable stories, told through her photos, collection of exquisite textiles and impeccably detailed letters, are part of the temporary exhibit at the CU Heritage Center on display through June, 2010. |
 | RE:Art- Art remade by Open Studios artists
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
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. |
 | George Crumb Festival: Panel with George Crumb
11:00 AM
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 | The UMC BIG BITE
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Food, Fun, Music!
at The UMC BIG BITE featuring International Cuisine, Live Music brought to you by SoundBite, Free Food Samples and 1000 Prizes! Come spin the prize wheel - every spin wins!
Weekdays, Aug 24 - Sep 4, 11am-1pm.
Following UMC BIG BITE, enjoy a 3rd week of UMC NITE BITE- with free food sampling and fun activities on weekday evenings, Sep 8 -Sep 11. (Be sure to check out the Meatball Sub Eating Contest on Sep 9 and the concert in Club 156) . Check the BIG BITE website for details. |
 | Beyond the Silence - Film & Discussion
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Center for Multicultural Affairs present Beyond the Silence. This film is a powerful story about a gifted young musician, where both parents are deaf and the challenges they face as a family.
Facilitator: Karen Boyd, Disability Services (720) 210-5827 |
 | Evacuation and Escape of Soviet Jews During World War II
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Bring a brown bag lunch and join Anna Shternshis, professor of History at the University of Toronto and author of Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939, for a lunch and learn presentation of her recent research on Soviet Jews during WWII. This lecture examines wartime activities of Jewish culture makers to suggest that Jewish nationalism in the Soviet Union during WWII was a form of radicalism.
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 | "The Truth About Suicide": Real Stories About Depression In College
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Join us for a 30 minute film presenting a recognizable picture of depression and other problems associated with suicide commonly experienced by college students. Discussion to follow with tips for intervening with friends. Cookies and beverages.
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 | Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Group Interpretation
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Why am I the way I am? What am I naturally good at? What do I want to do with my life? If you ask yourself any of these questions, you may find some of your answers by taking the MBTI. Join other CU students for a one-time group interpretation of your results. FEE: $15/student.
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 | Study Abroad Fair
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Discover what Study Abroad is all about! Past participants, program providers, and CU Study Abroad staff will all be available to share program information, as well as their experiences living and learning abroad.
Learn about CU's sweeping list of approved study abroad programs and how to select the one that's right for you. Learn more about eligibility requirements and application processes, how to earn in-residence credit (elective, A&S Core, and major credit), how to apply financial aid to your program and how to apply for scholarships. Have great conversation with students and professionals who have lived the experience and applied it in their personal, academic, and professional lives.
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 | FREE Texas Hold'em Poker Tournaments
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Free Texas Hold'em Poker Tournaments every Tuesday night! Register at 5:30pm. Play starts at 6:30pm. This is a super popular event - 64 spots for each Tuesday tournament with a Grand Championship at the end of each semester. Cool giveaways and prizes every Tuesday night, and a very cool Grand Prize!
This is for EVERYONE - free lessons are available, so come try your hand every tournament!
Starts Aug 25 and continues every Tuesday night through Nov 17 (no poker on Nov 24) with the Grand Championship on Dec 1. |
 | George Crumb Festival: Pre-Concert Lecture and Performance
6:15 PM
Thomas Riis, aided by CU performers, discusses folk song sources for American Songbook V |
 | George Crumb Festival: Opening Concert
7:30 PM
Happy 80th Birthday, George Crumb!
CU kicks off the Pulitzer Prize winning composer's week-long residency with his American Songbook V, Songs from a Forgotten World, featuring CU-Boulder faculty Patrick Mason, Julie Simson, Allan McMurray, Hsing-ay Hsu, and guest percussionists from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. David Korevaar opens the program with piano solo Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik. At 6:30 p.m., Professor Thomas Riis and the AMRC present a pre-concert talk about the songbook folk songs in their original forms. The unforgettable evening concludes with a post-concert birthday toast.
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