October 18, 2007
Vol. 11, #8

This Week

Thursday, October 18, 2007
Conversation with Jessica Giles: ‘Beyond Bi: open, fluid, pan, queer and the rethinking of sexual identity’
6 p.m.
Lincoln 4140

Thursday, October 18, 2007   
Music Department Works in Progress
7 p.m.
Performing Arts Center

A biannual presentation of original work and compositions being developed by students in the Music Department. For more information, call 303-245-4833.

Thursday, October 18, 2007   
The Money Matrix: Understanding Money from the Inside Out with Richard Wagner
7 p.m.
Naropa’s Nalanda Campus, 6287 Arapahoe Ave

21st century money: How is it different this time? Workable understandings of our times require that we understand money. It has never been so much in our personal and cultural psyches.  The forces it generates swirl in almost every aspect of our personal and cultural lives. An informal reception will follow his talk.

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
The Psychology of Money
Presented by Deborah Bowman and Robert Kenny
9 a.m.
Nalanda Campus

Examine how clients and therapists relate to money, learning strategies for approaching monetary issues in this professional therapist-training intensive. Scholarships for this weekend workshop available for MA Psychology students. Contact Lisa Swartz at lswartz@naropa.edu 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
National Coming Out Month Film Series: Imagine You and Me
4 p.m.
Lincoln 4140, Arapahoe Campus

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

Friday, October 19, 2007
CSU's Grayrock Poetry Festival: A reading with Bhanu Kapil and Amy Catanzano
4:30–6 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.–9 p.m.: There will be activities in between readings
Hatton Gallery, Visual Arts Bldg., CSU Campus, Fort Collins

Naropa’s Writing & Poetics Department is pleased to announce Bhanu Kapil (core faculty) and Amy Catanzano (administrative director and adjunct faculty) and will be giving readings at Colorado State University in Fort Collins on Friday, Oct. 19 as part of the Grayrock Poetry Festival in the Creative Writing Program’s Fall 2007 Reading Series. They will be reading with Joshua Kryah, John Gallaher, Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer. There will be a Q&A after each reading. Each reader will also participate in an online discussion about contemporary poetics that will be published in an upcoming issue of the Colorado Review.

Directions: From Denver or Boulder: Take I-25 North to Prospect, go left into town, cross College Avenue to Whitcomb on the left and Meridian on the right. Go right on Meridian, and this will take you into campus. At the stop sign, go straight into campus; the road will make an “S” curve in front of the Fine Arts Building.

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.

Friday–Sunday, October 19–21, 2007
Comedy, Cantiflas and Carpas with Tony Garcia
Fri 7–9 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

This workshop with Su Teatro founder, Tony Garcia, explores Mexican traditions of theater and humor through a hands-on examination of the great work of Mario Moreno, revered, in the words of Charlie Chaplin, as “the world's greatest comedian.”

The talk that begins the weekend workshop is $15/$10 for students and seniors.

Friday–Saturday, October 19-20, 2007
Living Voice: Exploring the Eight-Octave Voice with Ethelyn Friend
Friday 7–9 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

This course introduces students to the theories and practices of the Roy Hart Theatre of France, pioneers in the discovery of the potential range of the human voice and its intimate connection to the psyche and deep sources of sound in the body.

Monday, October 22, 2007
National Coming Out Month Film Series: Wild Reeds (110 minutes)
5 p.m.
Upaya North

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Talk and Q&A with Tharpa Lowry: Queer Spirituality and Resistance to Heterosexism
12:30 p.m.
Goldfarb Studio

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
National Coming Out Month Film Series: Treading Water (95 minutes)
5:30 p.m.
Lincoln Studio

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Campus Sustainability Day
12 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.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Dialogue with Q&A: Trans Community Panel (organized by Boulder Pride)
6 p.m.
Sycamore 8120

Maximum: thirty persons. Sign-up sheet available in the Student Affairs Office or email sluther@naropa.edu.

Thursday, October 25, 2007
2nd Annual Allen Ginsberg Anti-Hate Speech Reading
12:30 p.m.  
On the steps of the Allen Ginsberg Library

Open to all readers. Books will be available or bring your own Ginsberg bible. NO nooses, swastikas or hate speech welcome.

Thursday, October 25, 2007
National Coming Out Month Film Series: Between the Lines (96 minutes)
A documentary film about hijras of India
5 p.m.
Goldfarb Studio

October

Friday, October 26, 2007
Right Livelihood with Phil Karl
Thursday: 7–9 p.m.; Friday: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Buddhism and the practice of meditation can greatly inform our efforts toward effective and responsible work. In this workshop, you explore how Buddhism is developing in western cultures; practice meditation and discuss how to apply it in your professional life; examine how to strengthen and realize positive intentions in your work; and discuss a Buddhist presentation of karma and its connection to sustainability. Some prior experience with Buddhism and meditation is helpful, but anyone engaged in work, and interested in meditation and Buddhist wisdom will benefit. The talk that begins this weekend workshop is $10 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public.

Friday, October 26, 2007
Your Soul’s Compass: What is Spiritual Guidance?
Presented by Joan Borysenko, PhD and Gordon Dveirin, EdD
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 p.m.
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.

Friday, November 2, 2007
Fence Books: Not for Mothers Only with Anne Waldman
8 p.m.
Performing Arts Center (P.A.C.), Arapahoe Campus

The anthology Not for Mothers Only: Contemporary Poems on Child-Getting and Child Rearing published by Rebecca Wolff’s Fence Books brings to light the many strong, scary, gorgeous motherhood poems being written right now. These are works that address the politics, difficulties and stubborn satisfactions of mothering. The reading will include Anne Waldman, Catherine Wagner, Elizabeth Robinson, Julie Carr, Eleni Sikelianos, Sasha Steenson and Maureen Owen.

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

Friday, November 10, 2007
Writing and Poetics Department Reading: Laura Moriarty and Mark DuCharme
8 p.m.
Performing Arts Center (P.A.C.), Arapahoe Campus

Laura Moriarty has published eleven books of poetry, a short novel, Cunning, and a science fiction novel, Ultravioleta. She is teaching a poetry practicum on Jack Spicer’s “Martian Poetics” at Naropa on November 10 and 11. She serves as the Deputy Director of Small Press Distribution and has taught at Mills College and Naropa. Mark DuCharme’s latest collection of poetry is The Sensory Cabinet, by BlazeVOX Books.

Saturday, November 11, 2007
An Evening of Experimental Audiovisuals
7 p.m.
Goldfarb Student Center, Arapahoe Campus

An evening of experimental audio/video performances paying tribute to Naropa's own Harry Smith, featuring out of town performers Nate Young, Alivia Zivich, and Steve Kenney (from Ann Arbor, MI), Denver/Ft. Collins group Zoologist, and artists from our community.

If you have work that explores both an audio + visual component and are interested in performing this evening- please email Isaac Linder at ilinder@naropa.net. For more information about the performers from Michigan, see http://www.myspace.com/demonscool.

This performance is free, but donations will be accepted to support the touring performers.

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

Beginning Friday, October 19, 2007
Fabric at Fifty
Presented by Carol Krueger
Nalanda Campus

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

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.