This weekend, check out several cool events on and off campus, including: a unique audio/visual performance at the Black Box, the Graduate Teacher Program Spring Conference, several shows at Fiske Planetarium, a lecture on “The Dark Side of Government Speech,” an event honoring the Challenger disaster, an easy (and sustainable) way to hit the I-70 ski resorts, an evening at the Dairy focused on the most influential composers in the world of cinema and a self-guided scavenger hunt adventure in Boulder.
Saturday, Jan. 27
Denver Digerati at the Black Box
Denver Digerati at the Black Box pairs digital animators with experimental music acts for unique audio/visual performances. The first of the Sonic Arts @ CU series merges New York City-based animator and performance artist Victor Morales with local music acts Duluoz and Zone Motif. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. in the ATLAS Black Box Experimental Studio.
Graduate Teacher Program Spring Conference
The Graduate Teacher Program will bring speakers from the Front Range and beyond to discuss college pedagogy, academic professional development and employment opportunities for its Spring Conference 2018. The conference is designed for graduate students, especially those who work as TAs or GPTIs or serve other instructional roles on campus. Saturday's events start with coffee and burritos at 8:30 a.m. at the Fleming Building.
Shows at Fiske Planetarium
Fiske Planetarium is offering several shows this Saturday, from Cosmic Origins Spectrograph to Laser Gaga and more. Check out the full schedule on the Fiske website.
CU on the Weekend: “The Dark Side of Government Speech”
Can the constitution prohibit government officials from lying to us? Find out at the next CU on the Weekend lecture, as Colorado Law Professor Helen Norton discusses how government speech can be used in both empowering and detrimental ways, particularly in the age of Twitter. The talk starts at 1 p.m. at the biotec building on East Campus.
Sunday, Jan. 28
Challenger Memorial
The memorial event will take place at 9:38 a.m. to coincide with the exact anniversary of the Challenger disaster, beginning in front of the Regent Center on the Regent Drive side. Air Force ROTC cadets will be conducting a silent march from there to the Columbia and Challenger memorials in Kittredge and to Col. Ellison Onizuka’s plaque by the Engineering Center, where a rose will be placed for every member of the Challenger and Columbia.
Onizuka, of the Challenger, was a member of CU’s AFROTC Detachment 105, and Kaplana Chawla, of the Columbia, earned her PhD from CU Boulder. We are incredibly proud to have the opportunity to honor these brave men and women who gave their lives in the pursuit of knowledge for all of mankind.
Take the CU Ski Bus to the slopes
Planning on skiing the I-70 resorts this weekend? CU Ski Bus tickets are available for trips to A-Basin, Keystone and Vail on Sunday (as well as to Beaver Creek and Breckenridge on Saturday). Tickets are $15 for students and $5 for members of The Herd.
Dairy Presents: Hollywood Escape
The glorious symphonic sound of Hollywood movie music was created by European composers who escaped to Hollywood from Hitler’s Germany and Mussolini’s Italy: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. This evening at the Dairy Arts Center will include interviews with the granddaughters of these legendary composers, accompanied by short film clips and chamber music performances. Join from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 for students.
Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure
Combine the excitement of the Amazing Race with a three-hour city tour in this fun scavenger hunt adventure. Guided from any smartphone, teams make their way through Boulder, solving clues and completing challenges while learning local history. Start when you want at Central Park and play at your pace. Save 20 percent—only $39.20 for a team of 2–5 people—when you use the promo code "BOULDERWEEKLY." Sign up online.
