October 25, 2007
Vol. 11, #9

This Week

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, Arapahoe Campus

Friday, October 26, 2007
National Coming Out Month: Verus 4 Verses about the Biblical Texts
A talk by Fr. Alan Hartway
3 p.m.
Sycamore 8150, Arapahoe Campus

Friday, October 26, 2007
National Coming Out Month Film Series: Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (2hrs 45 min)
Based on the book by Jeanette Winterson
4 p.m.
El Centro de la Gente, Sycamore Building, Arapahoe Campus

Friday, October 26, 2007
Right Livelihood with Phil Karl
7 p.m .
Nalanda Campus

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.

Monday, October 29, 2007
National Coming Out Month Film Series: I Exist (90 minutes)
5 p.m.
Goldfarb Studio, Arapahoe Campus

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
National Coming Out Month Film Series: After Stonewall (85 minutes)
6 p.m.
Lincoln Lecture Hall, Arapahoe Campus

Thursday, October 31, 2007
National Coming Out Month Film Series: Incredible True Adventures of Two Girls in Love
5 p.m.
El Centro de la Gente, Sycamore Building, Arapahoe Campus

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
Forgive for Good
Presented by Frederic Luskin
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by Extended Studies

The importance of practicing forgiveness has long been extolled in both religious and psychological traditions. Forgiveness can lead to increased optimism, hope, compassion and physical vitality, as well as reduced stress, blood pressure, hurt, anger and depression.

Please join us for this opening talk of a weekend workshop. Admission for Friday night only is $10 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public.

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 with installation by Jacqueline Turegeon
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
Christ and the Teaching of Tibet: Ten Forms of Prayer
Presented by Ruth Dantzer
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by Extended Studies

In this retreat we will learn Christ’s One Key which brings together eastern wisdom with Jesus’ teachings on love. Ruth will teach ten of the forms of prayer that are used by the ancient Christians of the East to apply the One Key in their daily life.

Please join us for this opening talk of a weekend retreat. Admission for Friday night only is $10 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public.

Friday, November 9, 2007
Drawing Out Your Soul
Presented by Deborah Koff-Chapin
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by Extended Studies

Touch drawing is a simple yet profound process where the fingers take the place of pen or brush. People are often surprised by the creativity, transformation and insight they access. Touch drawing has endless applications for therapy, creativity and spiritual awareness.

Please join us for this opening talk of a weekend workshop. Admission for Friday night only 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 co-created by Bobby Ryan, 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 10, 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.

Mondays, Beginning November 12, 2007
Somatic Approaches to Change: A Systematic Approach to Shifting Your Mind
Presented by Marcia Klump
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by Extended Studies

This four-week course focuses on embodiment, the physical aspect of our being which is often overlooked in the change process.

Friday, November 16, 2007
The Breeze of Simplicity: Contemplative Emotions
Presented by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by Extended Studies

Introduced will be the basics of sitting meditation from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and how to work with the emotions in a contemplative rather than reflexive manner to start upon the path of seeing who we really are, simply and naturally.

Please join us for this opening talk of a weekend retreat. Admission for Friday night only is $10 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public.

Friday, November 16, 2007
Poetry and the Invisible Universe
Presented by Amy Catazano
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Sponsored by Extended Studies

By subverting traditional notions of language, poetry makes way for new forms of knowledge previously unknown to us, making the invisible seen. This workshop will explore strategies for the beginner or advanced poet that make innovative forms of language possible.

Please join us for this opening talk of a weekend workshop. Admission for Friday night only is $10 for students and seniors, $15 for the general public.

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.


December

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.