October 11, 2007
Vol. 11, #7

This Week

Thursday, October 11, 2007
National Coming Out Day: Flag Ceremony and Speak Out
12 p.m.
The Green, Arapahoe Campus

Click here for a full schedule of this and other exciting Naropa celebrations of National Coming Out month.

Thursday, October 11, 2007
Authentic Leadership at Work: An Evening Workshop Series
Presented by Susan Skjei and Mark Wilding
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by the Marpa Center for Business and Economics & Naropa University Extended Studies

This series of evening workshops will provide real-world examples of the principles and practices of Authentic Leadership. We will discuss the questions that matter to us as leaders and explore powerful practices that can foster self-awareness, presence, compassionate communication and effective action.

The cost for this talk is $10 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public.

Friday, October 12, 2007
Peacemaker as Artist: Conflict as a Gateway to Creativity
Presented by Christi Strickland
3 p.m.
Community Room, Snow Lion Apartments
Sponsored by Naropa University Extended Studies

Peace is not the avoidance or absence of conflict, but rather a different way through it, a way that unlocks the healing and creative potential of this strong, primordial force. Curious? Each of us in our daily life can be both peacemakers and artists. We will also be exploring not only the theory behind this view, but also practical skills to support you in your relationships. Transformation is possible.

Christi has been facilitating groups for the past fifteen years and is committed to restorative peacemaking.

Friday, October 12, 2007
A Reading with Bhanu Kapil, Selah Saterstrom, Dan Beachy-Quick
7:30 p.m.
Shambhala Hall

Bhanu Kapil, Naropa University faculty member, is the author of The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers, Incubation: a space for monsters and Humanimal, a project for future children (forthcoming from Kelsey Street Press). Selah Saterstrom teaches at Denver University and is the author of The Meat & Spirit Plan and The Pink Institution. Dan Beachy-Quick is the author of North True South Bright, Spell and Mulberry. He has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and now teaches at Colorado State University.

Friday, October 12, 2007
The Path of the Spiritual Revolutionary CANCELLED
Presented by Noah Levine
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by Naropa University Extended Studies

Saturday, October 13, 2007
Volunteer Training: Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence
835 North Street, Boulder CO, 80304

Use your talents to work for peace and support the empowerment of women and children. 50-hour paraprofessional training begins in October. Sign-up and interviews start now. Call 303/449-8623 or email nancy@safehousealliance.org.

Sunday, October 14, 2007
John Ventimiglia Reads On the Road
2 p.m.
Denver Central Library, B2 Conference Center

Join Ventimiglia of television's The Sopranos and David Amram, Jack Kerouac’s first musical collaborator, as they perform this modern classic. This event is free and open to the public.

Sunday, October 14, 2007
LGBTQI Film Series Kickoff: Between the Lines and Ma Vie en Rose
4 p.m.
Shambhala Hall, Arapahoe Campus

Click here for a full schedule of this other exciting Naropa celebrations of National Coming Out Month.

Monday, October 15, 2007
David Amram on Collaborating with Jack Kerouac
12 p.m.
Denver Central Library, B2 Conference Center

This event is free and open to the public.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Community Practice Day
Beginning 9 a.m.
Nalanda Campus

Click here for a full schedule.

Each semester, Naropa University closes offices and holds no classes for Community Practice Day. On this day, members of the Naropa community—students, faculty, staff and others—are invited to participate in group sitting meditation practice during the morning.

Other contemplative disciplines are offered throughout the day, such as Japanese tea ceremony, t’ai-chi ch’uan, Christian labyrinth, ikebana, pagan ceremony, Christian contemplative liturgy, and Mudra Space Awareness. Panel discussions, departmental lunches, and community service projects are often offered in the afternoon.

The object of the day is to emphasize both togetherness in the Naropa community and the importance of leading a mindful, aware life rather than a high-speed, cluttered one.

October

Thursday, October 18, 2007
Marcel Khalife and Al Mayadine Ensemble
7:30 p.m.
The Oriental Theater on 4335 W 44th Ave in Denver, Colorado

Named UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2005 for his artistic achievements and humanitarian work, Lebanese singer, composer, and oud master Marcel Khalife is one of today's leading Arab musicians, reshaping traditional Arab music into an alluring, universally communicative form of expression. Call 303/455-2124 for more information.

Friday, October 19, 2007
A Reading with Janet Holmes, Kate Greenstreet and Elizabeth Robinson
12 p.m.
Shambhala Hall, Arapahoe Campus

Janet Holmes is the author of F2f, Humanophone, The Green Tuxedo and The Physicist at the Mall. She is director of Ahsahta Press, an all-poetry publishing house at Boise State University, where she has taught in the MFA program since 1999. Kate Greenstreet is the author of case sensitive, and her second book, The Last 4 Things, will be out from Ahsahta in 2009. Kate's work will be performed by Elizabeth Robinson, author of several books of poetry.

Friday, October 19, 2007
Opening Reception for Fabric at Fifty
Presented by Carol Krueger
5 p.m.
Nalanda Campus

Collection of textile works by an award-winning fiber artist.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Campus Sustainability Day
12–1:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center

Naropa University President Thomas B. Coburn will kick off the event followed by students speaking on sustainable projects that have happened and are happening on campus. Come find out how to get involved and be a part of celebrating and honoring our campus sustainablity.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Open Showing for the MFA Choreography and Composition Labs
3 p.m.
Lab Theater, Nalanda Campus (room 9190)

A free public showing of the studio work of second-year MFA Contemporary Performance students exploring various forms and relationships to choreography and composition. This is an open class demonstration and presentation of work developed in choreography and composition labs with Wendell Beavers.

Friday, October 26, 2007
Your Soul’s Compass: What is Spiritual Guidance?
Presented by Joan Borysenko, Ph.D and Gordon Dveirin, Ed.D
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by Naropa University Extended Studies

Based on their book of the same title, Borysenko and Dveirin describe the teachings on how we can learn to live oriented to our truth. This talk that begins a weekend workshop is $10 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public.

Friday, October 26, 2007
The Technique, Philosophy and Meaning of Thangka Painting
Presented by Samten Dakpa
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by Naropa University Extended Studies

This course is a rare opportunity to study with a Tibetan master thangka artist. Tibetan Buddhist thangka is a complex and ornate artistic form often viewed as the visual expression of enlightenment. Discussed are basic elements and the philosophy behind the form.

This talk that begins a weekend workshop is $10 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public.

November


Thursday, November 1, 2007
Suzuki and Viewpoints, an Open Showing
3:30 pm
Presented by the MFA Theater program
Lab Theatre (North end, room 9190), Nalanda Campus

A demonstration of the Suzuki actor training technique and the Viewpoints by MFACP students led by Guest Artist Leon Ingulsrud, member of Anne Bogart’s SITI Company. Faculty: Leon Ingulsrud, Naropa Associated Artist and SITI Co. member

Friday, November 2, 2007
Aliens on ICE: Borderline Dreaming in America, a performance by Miriam Wolodarski
7:30 p.m.
Presented by the MFA Theater program
Nalanda Studio Theater, Nalanda Campus

"What color is an Alien? Looking at the lines across the land, sewing surreal threads through the seams of my immigrant identity, I dreamt of melting borders."

This performance is $7 for the general public and free to seniors, students and the Naropa community.

Saturday, November 3, 2007
The Red Queen's Children, a performance by Zorwyn Madrone
7:30 p.m.
Presented by the MFA Theater program
Nalnda Studio Theater, Nalanda Campus

After the croquet matches, after surviving many a threat of “off with your head”, who do the modern-day offspring of Lewis Carroll’s Queen of Hearts become?

This performance is $7 for the general public and free to seniors, students and the Naropa community.

Thursday, November 8, 2007
Authentic Leadership at Work: An Evening Workshop Series
Presented by Susan Skjei and Mark Wilding
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by the Marpa Center for Business and Economics & Naropa University Extended Studies

This series of evening workshops will provide real-world examples of the principles and practices of Authentic Leadership. We will discuss the questions that matter to us as leaders and explore powerful practices that can foster self-awareness, presence, compassionate communication and effective action.

The cost for this talk is $10 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public.

Friday, November 9, 2007
LM, a performance by Teresa Harrison and Jeremy Williams, with music by Ben Stevens
7:30 p.m.
Presented by the MFA Theater program
Nalanda Studio Theater, Nalanda Campus

An evening of hurlyburly and deconstruct with Lady MacBeth. A night wound tight about fair as foul and foul as fair with hands that will never be clean.

This performance is $7 for the general public and free to seniors, students and the Naropa community.

Saturday, November 10, 2007
Feather, a performance by Carol Katz and Tyler Ryan
7:30 p.m.
Presented by the MFA Theater program
Nalanda Studio Theater, Nalanda Campus

Bounded by rough edges, long forgotten dreams and the walls of an empty farmhouse, two brothers wrestle with an unnerving history.

This performance is $7 for the general public and free to seniors, students and the Naropa community.

Thursday, November 29, 2007
Authentic Leadership at Work: An Evening Workshop Series
Presented by Susan Skjei and Mark Wilding
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by the Marpa Center for Business and Economics & Naropa University Extended Studies

This series of evening workshops will provide real-world examples of the principles and practices of Authentic Leadership. We will discuss the questions that matter to us as leaders and explore powerful practices that can foster self-awareness, presence, compassionate communication and effective action. The cost for this talk is $10 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public.

Exhibitions

Through October 14, 2007
Covered in Light as with a Garment
Photography by Andrew Beckham
Lincoln Gallery, Arapahoe Campus

Through October 16, 2007
Site Lines: An Installation of Construction, Games and Objects
Presented by Jane Dalrymple-Hollo
Nalanda Campus

This exhibit includes hand-painted curtains, large paper and plaster constructions, found-object assemblages and games without rules.

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. 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. Please identify your interest in volunteering in the subject line.

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.