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April 03, 2008
Vol. 11, #27
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.
Fridays, Spring Semester 2008
Interreligious Service, Sponsored by Naropa Chaplaincy Project
12–12:30 p.m.
Lincoln Meditation Hall, Arapahoe Campus
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Faculty Out Front
Hosted by the BFA in Performance and featuring Performing Arts Faculty
8 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Arapahoe Campus
$8 general admission, $4 for seniors, students and Naropa community with ID
Join us for a lively, diverse evening of performances offered by Naropa University's Performing Arts faculty. From hip hop and contemporary dance to experimental music and theater, Performing Arts faculty will take the stage for one evening only. The Performers: Wendell Beavers, Joan Bruemmer, M. Troy Burrell, Barbara Dilley, Janet Feder, Nina Rolle, Joanna Rotkin
Friday, April 4, 2008
40th Anniversary of the Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sponsored by the Naropa Chaplaincy Project
12 noon
Library Steps, Arapahoe Campus
Monday–Friday, April 7–12, 2008
Naropa Spirit Week
Wednesday, April 9
Naropa Cultural Festival
12–1:30 p.m.
Arapahoe Green
April
Saturday, April 12, 2008
4th Annual Dunkin' Dharma Basketball Tournament
3 on 3, students vs faculty & staff
4:30–7:00 p.m.
North Boulder Recreation Center (on Broadway, south of Iris)
Deadline: April 10
You may sign up as a team (three people plus subs if you choose) or as an individual (you will be placed on a team). The sign-up sheet is in Student Affairs, by Tashi's desk. Give your team a name. Leave your contact phone number.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Extended Studies Conversations at the Edge Series
Leading Through Conflict: How Successful Leaders Transform Differences into Opportunities with Mark Gerzon
Nalanda Campus
Call 303-245-4800 to register.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Extended Studies Conversations at the Edge Series
Salsa, Soul and Spirit: Leadership in Multicultural Age with Juana Bordas
Nalanda Campus
Call 303-245-4800 to register.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Town Hall
12–1:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Arapahoe Campus
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
la Gente Film Series: Whale Rider
4–7 p.m.
Goldfarb, el Centro, Arapahoe Campus
Whale Rider uncovers gender norms and cultural survival: a Maori tribe must contend with the
distinctly nontraditional concept of having a female leader.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Colorado Lecture Series: Native American History
12 p.m.
El Centro de la Gente
Friday, April 18, 2008
BA and MFA Writing & Poetics Student Reading
8 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Naropa Campus
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Naropa Writing Center Poetry Reading
6–7:30 p.m.
Shambhala Hall, Arapahoe Campus
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the NWC is hosting a book release party and reading. Michelle Naka Pierce’s new book is Beloved Integer. Chris Pusateri’s new book is anon. Other readers include Brandon Arthur, Ryan Clark, Molly Conner, Lindsay Colahan, Megan Fincher and Tim Inman.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Earth Day Celebration
12–1:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Arapahoe Campus
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Embodied Poetics Project: Projecting the Word into Time and Space
The third annual collaboration between The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics and the MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Program
7:30 p.m.
Nalanda Studio Theater
$7 general admission; Free to seniors, students and Naropa community w/ ID
New writing meets a kinesthetically and perceptually intensified arena of physical performance in a series of settings created by Naropa MFA Theater students and faculty.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Colorado Lecture Series: Asian American History
12 p.m.
El Centro de la Gente
Friday, April 25 & Saturday, April 26, 2008
deSoLaTE/dEliGhT PROJECT
Created by Barbara Dilley and Ensemble
7:30 p.m.
Nalanda Studio Theater
$7 general admission; Free to seniors, students and Naropa community w/ ID
A culture committed to performance making/offering, the PROJECT engages with spontaneous ON THE SPOT composition and speaks from its HEART. Recycle, wake up and dare!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Colorado Lecture Series: Latino/Chicano History
12 p.m.
El Centro de la Gente
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
la Gente Film Series: Class Dismissed
4–7 p.m.
Goldfarb, el Centro, Arapahoe Campus
Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American TV and explores the ways in which race, gender and sexuality intersect with class.
May
Monday, May 5, 2008
Colorado Lecture Series: Cinco do Mayo
12 p.m.
El Centro de la Gente
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Naropa University Commencement
3 p.m., doors open at 2:40 p.m.
Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado
Jared Polis is our commencement speaker. See www.jaredpolisfoundation.org if you would like to know about his work in education.
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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