 Film: "Dalai Lama Renaissance"
This documentary film, narrated by actor Harrison Ford, chronicles the Dalai Lama's meetings with a group of prominent Western thinkers in India. The film offers a vivid portrait of His Holiness in action. Doors open at 6 p.m., with tables representing local Buddhist groups. The film will screen at 7 p.m. followed by a discussion forum led by Colorado Springs Buddhist leaders, including Dr. David Gardiner, Dean of Religious Studies at CC. $10 donation at the door, ($7 for students,) will go to support Tibetan arts and culture, and Care and Share food bank.
For further information, please visit www.smszen.org, or call Elizabeth Cramer at 685-1994.
Sponsored by the Springs Mountain Sangha of Colorado Springs.
6 p.m., Screening Room, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), $10, $7 for students, or $10 with a CC ID
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 Celebration: Relay For Life at Colorado College
Relay For Life is the signature event of the American Cancer Society; during the event, team members take turns walking or running the track at Washburn Field throughout the night to remember that cancer never sleeps. Relay is a time for individuals to honor and celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost, and give hope to those currently fighting. The money raised supports American Cancer Society initiatives on both a local and national level: groundbreaking cancer research, advocacy programs, education, and outreach programs. Please register online at www.ccrelay.org. Relay will provide a place to camp, plenty of food from local restaurants, and a plethora of music, games, and other activities to energize the evening. Additionally, Relay For Life at Colorado College is dedicated to honoring survivors and caregivers; we hold a special dinner, a recognition lap, and other events throughout the night of Relay. If you or someone you know would like to participate in these activities, please contact krystle.richman@coloradocollege.edu. Sponsored by Relay For Life at Colorado College and the American Cancer Society
7 p.m., Washburn Field, $10, $10 for students, or $10 with a CC ID; tickets at www.ccrelay.org or contact krystle.richman@coloradocollege.edu
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 Dance: The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
Colorado Springs Dance Theatre and the Colorado College Dance Department present the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, regarded as one of the foremost dance companies of India.
Dancers from Southern India perform Odissi, one of the oldest dance traditions in the world. Characterized by sensuousness and lyricism, Odissi speaks of love and union, between human and divine, transporting viewers to enchanted worlds. The Ensemble has performed in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and throughout the U.S. Although dedicated to ancient practice, Nrityagram dancers are also involved in bringing Indian dance into the 21st century through new music by leading composers of classical Indian music and creative ways of expanding on tradition. Tickets are $20 on the floor and $10 for balcony seating. Sponsored by the Colorado Springs Dance Theatre and the dance department, with support from the NEH professorship.
7:30 p.m., Armstrong Theatre, inside Armstrong Hall, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. (map), $20, $5 with a CC ID; tickets at ticketswest.com and at the Worner Desk, at 902 N. Cascade Ave.
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Concert: CC Chamber Chorus and the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble
Choral Director Deborah Teske will conduct The Colorado College Chamber Chorus along with the Colorado College Visiting Ensemble-in-Residence, The Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble in concert on the evening of May 1, in Shove Chapel. Sponsored by the music department.
7:30 p.m., Shove Memorial Chapel, 1010 N. Nevada Ave. (map), free
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 Concert: Cinco de Mayo Celebration: Los Lunaticos Performance
In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, the Somos student organization is bringing Los Lunaticos to Colorado Springs! Los Lunaticos is Denver’s premier live reggaeton band, doing plenty of bachata and merengue as well. Lunaticos combines the talents of three of Denver’s up-and-coming emcees with an incredible band whose members’ musical backgrounds span two continents and six countries. This concert is FREE and open to the public!
Sponsored by Somos.
9:30 p.m., Perkins Lounge in Worner Center, free
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Concert: A Concert of Balinese Music and Dance
Artistic Director I Made Lasmawan directs students in a performance of Balinese Music and Dance, "Gamelan Angklung Tunjung Sari." The program will include Pekeling, instrumental music, Puspanjali Dance by CC Balinese Dance Students, Dongkang Menek Biyu, instrumental music, and Cendrawsih Dance by CC Dance students and guest dancers.
Sponsored by the music department.
3 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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 Performance: In the Gloaming
As the sun sets behind Pikes Peak, join us in the Cossit Amphitheater for an unprecedented and exciting artistic collaboration featuring Room 46, CC's mixed a cappella.
7:30 p.m., Cossitt Hall, 906 N. Cascade Ave. (Northwest of Worner Campus Center) (map), free
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 Reading: Tobias Wolff
Memoirist and short story writer Tobias Wolff will read from his distinguished body of short fiction as part of this year's MacLean Symposium. Arguably the best short story writer working in America today, Mr. Wolff is the author of 4 superb collections of stories, IN THE GARDEN OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MARTYRS (1981), BACK IN THE WORLD (1985), THE NIGHT IN QUESTION (1997), as well as OUR STORY BEGINS: NEW AND SELECTED STORIES (2008), which won the 2008 Story Prize. In addition to his short fiction, for which he has thrice been awarded the O. Henry Prize, Mr. Wolff is also the author of a novel, UGLY RUMORS, and the novella, THE BARRACKS THIEF, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for 1985, and the recent novel, OLD SCHOOL (2003), a fictionalized account of his prep school years at the Hill School in Pottstown, PA. Mr. Wolff is equally well-known for several volumes of memoirs: THIS BOY'S LIFE (1989), from which a successful film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Barkin, and Robert DeNiro was made, IN PHAROAH'S ARMY (1994), an account of his experiences in the Vietnam War. Following the reading there will be time for questions and answers and a book signing. Sponsored by the D.J. MacLean Fund for English.
7 p.m., Armstrong Theatre, inside Armstrong Hall, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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Concert: Chamber Orchestra Concert
The Colorado College Chamber Orchestra, directed by Daniel Brink, will perform their Spring Concert on May 5. It will feature Concerto Competition winner, Grace Hamm, playing Mozart's Piano Concerto in d minor. Other works to be performed are by Zoltan Kodaly, Alexander Borodin & William Grant Still. Sponsored by the music department.
7:30 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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Lecture: "Digging History: Unearthing a 17th century Estancia in New Mexico"
Dr. Marianne Stoller will describe the discovery, archaeological exploration, and historical research (performed by students and alumni of CC) done over a period of years which revealed the largest, most complete site of its kind and period yet found!
In addition to teaching at CC for many years, Dr. Stoller has published two books and several articles, was a fellow of the American Anthropological Associations, served as a consultant for museums, received many research grants, and, due to her vast knowledge of land and water rights, served as an expert witness in county, state, and federal courts.
Reservations by May 4, 2009, call 389-6649. $15.00 per person.
Sponsored by The Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies.
Noon, Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave. (NW corner of Cascade Ave. and Cache La Poudre St.) (map), $15.00
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 Reading: Karen Joy Fowler
Bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler will read from her work and discuss the art and craft of the short story as part of this year's MacLean Symposium. Critically acclaimed master of mainstream, literary and science fiction, Fowler is the author of four novels and two short story collections. She is perhaps best known as the author of THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB, which spent thirteen weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list and was a New York Times Notable Book. Fowler’s previous novel, SISTER NOON, was a finalist for the 2001 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Her debut novel, SARAH CANARY, was a New York Times Notable Book, as was her second novel, THE SWEETHEART SEASON. In addition, SARAH CANARY won the Commonwealth medal for best first novel by a Californian, and was short-listed for the Irish Times International Fiction Prize as well as the Bay Area Book Reviewers Prize. Fowler’s short story collection BLACK GLASS won the World Fantasy Award in 1999. A founding mother of the Tiptee Award, a literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that "expands or explores our understanding of gender,” she has won the Nebula Award for best science fiction short story twice, most recently in 2007 for her story "Always." Sponsored by the D.J. MacLean Fund for English.
7 p.m., Armstrong Theatre, inside Armstrong Hall, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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Concert: Honors Concert
The Colorado College Music Department presents the annual Honors concert performed by music students.
7:30 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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Exhibit: Special Studio Problems
An exhibit of students work from Special Studio Problems in Clay, Fiber, Metals, & Wood. Select works from the Spring semester class will be on display from 6:00 p.m. May 6 until 12:00 noon on May 8 in Packard Hall. A reception will be held from 5:30-7:30 on May 7. Open to the public.
5:30 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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 Film: French movie night : The 400 Blows ( with English subtitles)
The 400 Blows (French: Les Quatre Cents Coups) is a 1959 French film directed by François Truffaut. The film won the 1959 Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival. One of the defining films of the French New Wave, it displays many of the characteristic traits of the movement. The story revolves around Antoine Doinel, an ordinary adolescent in Paris, who is thought by his parents and teachers to be a trouble maker. A semi-autobiographical film, reflecting events of Truffauts and his friends lives, its style amounts to Truffauts personal history of French film — most notably a scene borrowed wholesale from Jean Vigos Zéro de conduite. It is dedicated to the man who became his spiritual father, André Bazin, who died just as the film was about to be shot. Besides being a character study, the film is an exposé of the injustices of the treatment of juvenile offenders in France at the time.
7 p.m., W.E.S. Room, lower level of Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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 Theater: The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster.
The Department of Drama and Dance presents Webster's classic play on Thursday-Saturday, May 7th-9th, at 7:30pm in Norberg Studio A at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center. The play is a meditation on power--political, religious, and sexual--and presents a bleak, violent, and fascinating world couched in some of the most beautiful language ever put on the stage. The Duchess of Malfi's description of a world bereft of moral values on its highest levels fascinates and scandalizes us to this day.
Directed by Tom Lindblade, designed by Donna Arnink and Gypsy Ames.
Sponsored by the department of drama and dance.
7:30 p.m., Studio A, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), $6.00, $3.00 with a CC ID; tickets at Worner Campus Center Information Desk, 902 N. Cascade Ave.
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 Concert: Room 46's Spring Concert
Join Room 46, CC's mixed a cappella, in the new Cornerstone South Theater for our spring concert. We'll enliven your evening with selections ranging from Diana Ross, to "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'", to Bananaphone and Eric Whitacre's "Sleep". We hope to see you there!
7:30 p.m., South Theatre, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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Concert: Tiger Jazz Concert
The Colorado College Tiger Jazz Ensmeble will perform tonight in Packard Hall. Sponsored by the music department.
7 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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 Theater: The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster.
The Department of Drama and Dance presents Webster's classic play on Thursday-Saturday, May 7-10, at 7:30pm in Norberg Studio A at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center. The play is a meditation on power--political, religious, and sexual--and presents a bleak, violent, and fascinating world couched in some of the most beautiful language ever put on the stage. The Duchess of Malfi's description of a world bereft of moral values on its highest levels fascinates and scandalizes us to this day.
Directed by Tom Lindblade, designed by Donna Arnink and Gypsy Ames.
Admission: $3 with CC i.d., $6 general admission.
Tickets available at Worner Desk until day of show, when they are available at the door.
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Sponsored by the department of drama and dance.
7:30 p.m., Studio A, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), $6, $3 with a CC ID
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 Concert: Room 46s Spring Concert
Join Room 46, CCs mixed a cappella, in the new Cornerstone South Theater for our spring concert. Well enliven your evening with ions ranging from Diana Ross, to "Youve Lost that Lovin Feelin", to Bananaphone and Eric Whitacres "Sleep". We hope to see you there!
7:30 p.m., South Theatre, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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 Theater: The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster.
The Department of Drama and Dance presents Webster's classic play on Thursday-Saturday, May 7-9, at 7:30pm in Norberg Studio A at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center. The play is a meditation on power--political, religious, and sexual--and presents a bleak, violent, and fascinating world couched in some of the most beautiful language ever put on the stage. The Duchess of Malfi's description of a world bereft of moral values on its highest levels fascinates and scandalizes us to this day.
Directed by Tom Lindblade, designed by Donna Arnink and Gypsy Ames.
Admission: $3 with CC i.d., $5 general admission.
Tickets available at Worner Desk until day of show, when they are available at the door.
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Sponsored by the department of drama and dance.
7:30 p.m., Studio A, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), $6, $3 with a CC ID; tickets at Worner Campus Center Information Desk, 902 N. Cascade Ave.
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Concert: "The Pious and the Profane: Collegium Musicum Instrumentalists"
The Collegium Musicum Instrumental Ensemble presents a spring concert called, “The Pious and the Profane.”
Medieval and Renaissance songs from Alfonso X, Machaut, Dufay, and di Lasso are sung and played by recorders, gambas, crumhorns and harpsichord. Renaissance dances, broadsheet ballads and tavern songs round out this lively profane and pious concert. Free and open to everyone.
Sponsored by the music department.
3 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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Concert: Concert Band and Philharmonic Trombone Quartet
The Philharmonic Trombone Quartet make its premier as a new ensemble on May 11th, at 7:30 pm. This will be the 1st half of the concert, followed by the CC Concert Band presenting its Spring Concert. The members of the quartet are Bron Wright, Owen Homayoun, Bill Holst, and Jeremy Van Hoy. They will also have a special guest, Rick Crafts, on jazz trombone. Sponsored by the music department.
7:30 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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Concert: Jimmy Thackery
Bluesman Jimmy Thackery in concert at the Crystola Roadhouse - 20918 E. Highway 24, Woodland Park, CO. KRCC/CC discount tickets available at the KRCC studios, 912 N. Weber, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Sponsored by KRCC
8 p.m., Crystola Roadhouse, $15.00, $10.00 for students, or $10.00 with a CC ID; tickets at KRCC Studios, 912 N. Weber, Colorado Springs, CO 80903.
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 Concert: Staying on the Wall
Join us for a free and unique celebration of song during commencement weekend! We are pleased to welcome back the Gospel Music Workshop of America Choir for the 6th year to Colorado College as the featured performers for this concert. As part of this celebration, we will also honor recipients of the Annual Colorado College Community Diversity Award; Ms. Mary Lou Makepeace, Executive Director of the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado and Mr. Thomas J. Bennett, Jr., local activist and entrepreneur. Sponsored by The Colorado College Office of the Vice President for Student Life/ Dean of Students, Campus Activities and Office of Minority and International Students
5 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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Saturday, May 23 to Sunday, May 24, 2009
Concert: Meadowgrass Music Festival
MeadowGrass Music Festival celebrates roots, Americana, Bluegrass, Indie Rock and Blues music in the beautiful meadow of the 400-acre La Foret Conference and Retreat Center, just an hour south of Denver and a few minutes north of Colorado Springs. The family-friendly environment encourages enjoyment of the outdoors; frisbees, hackeysacks and other outdoor activities are permited outside the staging area. This years line up includes Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Airforce, Sons and Brothers, Jimmy Ibotson, Head for the Hills, Rissman, Uvegas and Braithwaite, Edith Makes a Paperchain, the Haunted Windchimes with the Jack Trades, John-Alex Mason, Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, and the Magnolia Electric Company. Sponsored by KRCC, Bristol Brewing, The Gay and Lesbian Fund, and The Bee Vrandenburg Foundation www.meadowgrass.org
La Foret, $30, $20 with a CC ID; tickets at Worner Campus Center Information Desk, 902 N. Cascade Ave.
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 Competition: Junior League Reach Your Peak 4 - Miler
A family-friendly run, walk & stroll,
to benefit CARE Fair and other community service projects.
Event information: http://www.jlcoloradosprings.org/
* Online registration available at www.active.com *
Since 1924, the Junior League of Colorado Springs has served the Pikes Peak region as both an initiator
of projects as well as a ready partner to other non-profit organizations to address needs in the community.
For more information, please visit the Junior League of Colorado Springs website at www.jlcoloradosprings.org. Sponsored by The Junior League of Colorado Springs, Colorado College, Colorado Running Company, Colorado Springs Utilities, The Gazette.
8 a.m., CC Track, $25, $25 for students, or $25 with a CC ID
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