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April 17, 2008
Vol. 11, #29
This Week
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.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Ben Hanna presents “A Freak on Folk”
7–9 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Naropa Campus
Featuring a performance by the Logo Ligi dance troop and special guest Pete Lewis of Storytyme. Free food.
Tuesday–Saturday, April 22–26, 2008
Earth Week Celebrations
Events include the Global Response Letter Writing Campaign with environmental justice students; an all organic lunch served by the Naropa Cafe; an Eco-Fashion Show hosted by Student Life Programming; and the Recycling Olympics. See the Earth Week Events Schedule.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Earth Day Celebration: Earth Speaks. We Answer.
12–1:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Arapahoe Campus
Features music by Naropa’s very own Rosh, the Zero Waste Hero Awards and a ceremony led by Michael Brownlee, co-founder of Boulder Valley Relocalization. Everyone is invited to bring an object from the earth or have one in mind with the intention of listening to the earth’s voice and giving our own gifts to the earth.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Earth Day Celebration: Sacred Landscaping
2–4:30 p.m.
Meet at Snow Lion Housing parking lot
Join Costen Aytes and the Naropa landscaping crew for contemplative landscaping. Bring garden gloves if you have some.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Spring Fling Eco-Party for Staff and Faculty
4–7 p.m.
Nalanda Event Center, Nalanda Campus
In honor of Earth Day and Earth Week, Naropa staff and faculty will be kicking up their heels in honor of the environment, mother earth and the coming of spring. Please save the date for this eco-feast and celebration. More details will be coming soon.
April
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Beekeeping: Apiculture at Naropa University
3 p.m.
Sycamore 8120, Arapahoe Campus
Brien Darby presents her senior project which examines the basics and history of beekeeping and the usefulness of bees to humans. She also examines difference between conventional and organic beekeeping.
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.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Idaho Creek Wetlands Restoration Project
7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
St. Vrain State Park, Longmont, Colorado
Join Environmental Service Learning students and Wildland Restoration Volunteers to plant over 8,000 native plants and willows. Meet in the Arapahoe Campus parking lot to car pool. Lunch will be provided. Register at www.wlrv.org or contact brien.darby@gmail.com.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Colorado Lecture Series: Latino/Chicano History
12 p.m.
El Centro de la Gente
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Religious Studies Graduate Students’ Theses Presentation
6–8 p.m.
Shambhala Hall, Arapahoe Campus
Presentations will be made by Corrine Nakamura, Sarah Vekasi and Nathanial Vose. The event is open to all students and faculty. Graduate students are especially encouraged to attend. There is no charge for this event and refreshments will be served.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Civic Engagement Unveiling
12–1:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Arapahoe Campus
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
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Grand Warrior Exchange Ceremony
7–8:30 p.m.
Shambhala Hall, Arapahoe Campus
Spring 2008 graduates in Interdisciplinary Studies with their faculty and mentors will participate. A social with food and beverages will follow. RSVP to Juliet Wagner at 303-245-4711 or jwagner@naropa.edu.
Friday, May 2, 2008
The John Cage Project: Buddhism and the Modern Art Tradition
8 p.m.
ATLAS Center for Arts, Media and Performance, Black Box Theater, University of Colorado
Admission $10 (box office information: 303-245-4798)
A co-production of Naropa University’s MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Program and The University of Colorado’s ATLAS center for Arts, Media and Performance. Directed by SITI Company members and MFA Guest Artists Leon Ingulsrud and Barney O’Hanlon with support from Naropa faculty/ Dramaturgy: Wendell Beavers and MFA Dramaturgy Group. Based on techniques of crafting “found text” and “self scripting,” Suzuki physical training and Viewpoints Staging and Performance Technique, this piece takes as its subject the life, works and subsequent influence of the composer John Cage.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
The John Cage Project: Buddhism and the Modern Art Tradition
2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
ATLAS Center for Arts, Media and Performance, Black Box Theater, University of Colorado
See description above.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Colorado Lecture Series: Cinco do Mayo
12 p.m.
El Centro de la Gente
Friday, May 9, 2008
Writing & Poetics Department BA Graduation Student Reading
12 p.m.
Shambhala Hall, Arapahoe Campus
Friday, May 9, 2008
Peace Studies Senior Thesis Presentation and Celebration
2–4 p.m.
Lincoln 4140
Please join the Peace Studies Department in celebrating the work of its first graduate, Jenna Corbin. In addition to Jenna’s thesis presentation, there will be musical offerings and refreshments. This event is open to all.
RSVP to Juliet Wagner if you plan to attend: jwagner@naropa.edu.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Writing & Poetics Department MFA Graduation Student Reading
7:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center, Arapahoe Campus
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
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.
Every Wednesday
Sharing Circle
Sponsored and facilitated by PATH
7 p.m.
Shambhala Hall
Join us in creating a safe space in which to practice honest speaking and openhearted listening. This is a simple and powerful format for working with anything you are dealing with, big or small, or just to sit with others and listen. Please Join us. Come as you are—Everyone is welcome. Questions? PATH@listserv.naropa.edu or ahoffman@naropa.net.
Fridays, Spring Semester 2008
Interreligious Service, Sponsored by Naropa Chaplaincy Project
12–12:30 p.m.
Lincoln Meditation Hall, Arapahoe Campus
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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