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March 6, 2008
Vol. 11, #24
This Week
Tuesdays through April 22, 2008
Artist Mentors from Naropa University Faculty & Graduate Students for High School & College GLBTQ Students & Allies
3:30–6:00 p.m.
Nalanda Campus, Room 9130
For more information, please contact Leah Friedman Spohn at 303-245-4761 lfriedmanspohn@naropa.edu.
Wednesdays through March 19, 2008
The Work That Reconnects Workshop
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Goldfarb Studio, Arapahoe Campus
The workshop is inspired by the work of Joanna Macy and others. Facilitated by Sarah Vekasi, Eco-Chaplain and sponsored by the Naropa Chaplaincy Project. Open to any student, staff or faculty member. Community members invited upon request. For more information, contact Sarah Vekasi at 303-396-2034 or sarahsunshine@riseup.net. This event is free to the public, though donations are accepted.
Fridays, Spring Semester 2008
Interreligious Service
12–12:30 p.m.
Lincoln Meditation Hall, Arapahoe Campus
Sponsored by Naropa Chaplaincy Project.
Monday-Friday, March 3–7, 2008
Religious Studies Department Practice Week
Daily sitting from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. and 1–5 p.m.
Come join us. All are welcome.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Music Department Works in Progress
7 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Arapahoe Campus
The Works in Progress series is a biannual presentation of a variety of original music compositions currently being developed by students in the Music Department.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Opening Reception for The Luminous Buddha: Photography of Laos by Deb Bowman
5–7 p.m.
Lincoln Gallery, Arapahoe Campus
Reception and book signing. Exhibition runs through May 11.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Feather
MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Spring Performance Series
7:30 p.m.
Nalanda Studio Theater, Nalanda Campus
MFA Theater Contemporary Performance Spring Performance Series presents "Feather," directed by Tyler Ryan and written by Bobby Ryan.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Nina Lacuna
MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Spring Performance Series
7:30 p.m.
Nalanda Studio Theater, Nalanda Campus
MFA Theater Contemporary Performance Spring Performance Series presents "Nina Lacuna," co-created by Ross Pasquale and Jeremy Williams.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Naropa University's Music Department Presents
Tatsuya Nakatani
7 p.m.
The Dojo (Room 9180), Nalanda Campus
Please join us Monday evening for what promises to be an exciting performance by Guest Artist Tatsuya Nakatani. Nakatani is originally from Osaka, Japan. In 2006 he performed in eighty cities in seven countries and collaborated with 163 artists worldwide. In the past ten years, he has released nearly fifty recordings on CD. He has created his own instrumentation, effectively inventing many instruments and extended techniques. He utilizes drumset, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, bells and various stciks and bows to create an intense, organic music that defies category or genre.
Monday–Friday, March 10–14, 2008
Naropa Spirit Week
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Lit@Lunch Series with Rusty Morrison
12 p.m.
Allen Ginsberg Library Reading Room, Arapahoe Campus
Rusty Morrison’s manuscript, the true keeps clam biding its story, published in January 2008 won The Ahsahta Press Sawtooth Poetry Prize and the and the 2007 Poetry Society of America’s Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award. Morrison’s first poetry collection, Whethering, won the 2004 Colorado Prize for Poetry. She is contributing editor for Poetry Flash and co-publisher of Omindawn Publishing. The presentation is free and open to the public.
March
Friday, March 14, 2008
Fence Books Reading
7:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Arapahoe Campus
The Writing and Poetics Department is hosting this reading, featuring Tina Celona, Kaisa Ullsvik Miller, Chelsey Minnis, Elizabeth Robinson, Sasha Steensen, Cathy Wagner and Fence Editor/Publisher Rebecca Wolff. For more information, contact 303-546-3508. The reading is free and open to the public.
Saturday–Sunday, March 15–16, 2008
"Illustrating the Dharma: Popular Buddhism in Medieval Japanese Fiction"
Room 250, CU Humanities Building
Free
The two-day conference is open to the public and no registration is required. Except for the keynote presentation, which will be in Japanese, all conference papers will be presented in English. For a schedule of speakers and other conference-related information, please see the conference website at http://www.colorado.edu/CAS/dharma.htm
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Spring 2008 Interreligious Explorations Series
A Guide through Judaism with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
12 p.m.
Synagogue of the Congregation Bonai Shalom
For more information, contact the Naropa Contemplative Practice Office at 303-546-5298 or
sherry@naropa.edu.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
2008 Summer Writing Program Meeting
12–1:30 p.m.
Shambhala Hall, Arapahoe Campus
The meeting will cover registration, faculty liaison and other work-study positions available for the summer, and will give you a chance to ask any questions you have about the program. Also, swing by the SWP Office at Arapahoe Cottage to pick up a copy of the SWP 2008 Catalog. Questions? Contact Julie Kazimer at 303-245-4600 or by email at jkazimer@naropa.edu. If you are a MFA student who is unable to attend this meeting, please contact Julie to set up an appointment.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
la Gente Film Series: The Business of Fancydancing
4–7 p.m.
El Centro, Arapahoe Campus
Monday, March 23–Friday, March 28, 2008
Spring Break
April
Resources and Ongoing Events
Volunteer work with Moving to End Sexual Assault
Rape Crisis Hotline
For more information, or a volunteer application, please check out our website, call 303/443-0400 x102 or email Julie Washnock at julie@movingtoendsexualassault.org. Training dates are listed below.
Men's Prevention Education Program
For more information, a training schedule and a volunteer application, please check out our website, call 303-443-0400 x103 and ask for Marti Hopper or email her at marti@movingtoendsexualassault.org.
Go to MESA for more information on required training dates, job descriptions and application forms.
Service-Learning Opportunities with Prison Dharma Network
Prison Dharma Network (PDN), an international interfaith network founded by Naropa adjunct faculty member Fleet Maull is always in need of service-learning participants for its various programs working with prisoners and youth at risk in the Boulder area. PDN is also in need of people to respond to prisoner's book and information requests, as well as teach yoga and meditation at the Boulder County Jail. We support thousands of prisoners in the practice of all forms of the contemplative path: meditation, yoga, centering prayer, chi kung, etc. Please contact Sarah Gurganus at pdn2@indra.com or visit Prison Dharma Network for more information.
Volunteer Work with Shambhala Prison Community
The Shambhala Prison Community works in about sixty prisons nationwide and is looking for dedicated practitioners of meditation to work with prisoners who are themselves practicing meditation and studying the Dharma. Current need also involves volunteers who can assist with shipping literature from our libraries to prisoners. If you are interested in this extraordinarily rewarding work, we would be delighted to discuss with you the possibilities of your becoming a volunteer.
To find out more about how you can help ease the suffering of the incarcerated, email the Shambhala Prison Community at prison@indra.com, or call 303-544-5923. Please identify your interest in volunteering in the subject line.
Student Discounts
Naropa University Extended Studies offers increased discounts for Naropa community members.
Alumni: 15%
Students: 30%
Full-time Faculty/Staff: 50%
Adjunct Faculty: 50%
MI & TA: 30%
Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Student Discount
An hour before any performance, students can purchase tickets at DCPA for only $10.
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