Hello, everyone! Get outside this week鈥攚e鈥檝e got some lovely autumn weather coming in, featuring plentiful sunshine and crisp, clean air. I am Sarah Ellsworth: IPHY major, Boulder native, and event connoisseur, writing to you from the comfort of beautiful CU听Boulder on all of your weekly opportunities for community involvement, educational whatnot and supreme fun. Enjoy the week, Buffs!听
Tuesday, Sept.听20
CWA Lecture: James F. Brooks Mesa of Sorrows: "Archaeology, History, and the Ghosts of Awat鈥檕vi."听The Conference on World Affairs presents distinguished lecturer, James F. Brooks, author and scholar of history and anthropology in Hellems 225 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Brooks will discuss听the incredibly听interesting and detailed Awat鈥檕vi Massacre and the native culture and colonial history of the American Southwest in this free lecture, open to all.
Wednesday, Sept.听21
Nutrition Forum: Plant Powered!听If you鈥檝e ever considered being vegetarian, or just eating less meat, then come by the C4C Dining Center Treehouse Room from 5:30 to 6:30听p.m. for some tips on cooking and eating more plants and a discussion of the benefits. Registered Dietician Allison Smith and Chef Carl Solomon will be your instructors for the evening, and will even provide you with some delicious plant-based dishes to snack on.
Crafternoon: Bath bombs and sugar scrubs. Get crafty with the CU Women's Resource Center and make bath bombs and听sugar scrubs during the first Crafternoon session of the semester 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in UMC 382.
Thursday, Sept. 22
Comics and Culture: Islam in Graphic Novels.听Project Nur and the Cultural Events Board present an animated discussion of Muslim women in comics by G. Willow Wilson, author of Ms. Marvel comics, which feature a female Muslim main character. This event is free and open to everyone, so bring your thinking cap and get down听to the Glenn Miller Ballroom from 7 to 9 p.m.听
Live Free Weekend.听This weekend is CU Boulder鈥檚 annual Live Free Weekend, where you are challenged to embrace sobriety all weekend. It all gets started this afternoon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the UMC Fountain, where you will receive a free lunch if you commit to a substance free weekend. There will be lots of free and fun events all weekend for you all, including sports classes at the Rec and movies. Take the challenge and rise above!
Friday, Sept.听23
44 Plays for 44 Presidents.听If you love American history, then be sure you get tickets ($20) for the Neo-Fututists鈥� drama which dedicates 2 minutes to each of the 44 American Presidents. Explore the long ago past with Washington, then move through time until Obama and the present time in which we all play a part. This play runs from 7:30 to 10 p.m.听in the University Theater.
NASA's Mission to Europa lecture: "Exploring a Potentially Habitable World."听If you love the idea of space exploration (which you should because it鈥檚 awesome), then come by Benson Earth Sciences room 180听from 5 to 6 p.m. for a distinguished lecture by听Robert Pappalardo, a project scientist at NASA鈥檚 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in which the NASA mission to explore Jupiter鈥檚 moon Europa will be discussed in detail. We are alive at a very exciting time in the course of space exploration, where our knowledge and technology allow us to learn more and more about the universe we inhabit, so don鈥檛 miss this great event!
Pedal-powered movie.听Looking for something fun and social to do on your Friday night? Pedal down to the Folsom Bike Station to catch the sustainably pedal-powered movie, Old School, starring Will Ferrell and Luke Wilson, which starts at dusk. The movie will run听solely听on the mechanical power generated by stationary bicycling, which is totally听environmentally听friendly. There will be a party beforehand, featuring free food!
Jaipur Literature Festival.听Running from today through Sunday, the Jaipur Literature Festival is one of the world鈥檚 biggest and most celebrated literature extravaganzas. You can attend a plethora of events, featuring speakers, artists, writers听and musicians in every genre and medium of literature. About听100 sessions will take place at a听variety of locations, including the CU Boulder campus, so be sure to take part in this grand tradition!
Sunday, Sept.听25
Free yoga for mental health.听So much of听mental health is intertwined with the physical wellness of you bodies, so if you鈥檙e feeling stressed this semester, don鈥檛 overlook yoga as an option for relieving some of that physically. From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., the Mind Body Studio at the Rec Center, you can drop in on a free yoga lesson- no need to register in advance!
