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Date: Mon Jan 12 2009 - 01:30:32 MST
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:30:32 -0700 (MST) From: Buff Bulletin <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Buff Bulletin 01/11/2009
SUBJECT: Buff Bulletin 01/11/2009
Buff Bulletin
11 January 2009, Sunday
A Boulder Campus digest of current events
In this issue:
--- Volunteer Opportunity, High School Ocean Sciences Bowl, NOSB
--- CHA "Migration" Seminar
--- SoundBite Presents: David DiGioia
--- The CU Concerts Box Office has Moved!
--- Hear the Colorado Symphony Performing Beethoven at Macky
--- Comic Book Artwork at the UMC Art Gallery!
--- Fiske Planetarium News!
--- CU @ The Boulder Public Library Series: The Economic Crisis and You
--- Save 25% with the CU Concerts Faculty/Staff Discount
--- Basketball Games Will Affect Parking and Traffic
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY, HIGH SCHOOL OCEAN SCIENCES BOWL, NOSB
Please join us to support 60 regional high school students at the
Colorado National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) competition on Saturday,
Feb. 21, at the University Memorial Center. This exciting event,
hosted by CIRES and the University of Colorado, is a fast moving "quiz
bowl" competition. We are seeking volunteers for competition day,
including scorekeepers, moderators, timekeepers and science judges. No
ocean science expertise is necessary; training will be provided.
Contact: Susan Lynds
Additional information: http://cires.colorado.edu/education/k12/nosb/
CHA "MIGRATION" SEMINAR
The Center for Humanities and the Arts would like to remind faculty
members and graduate students to apply for our 2009-2010 seminar. Our year
long seminar and fall colloquium will explore the theme "Migration." The
application deadline is noon, Jan. 16. Additional information can be found
at http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/CHA/seminars/0910seminar.html
Contact: Paula Anderson at 2-1423 or paula.anderson@colorado.edu
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/CHA/
SOUNDBITE PRESENTS: DAVID DIGIOIA
Join us in welcoming David DiGioia back to the SoundBite stage. David
will be performing another acoustic set, to kick off a new semester.
The performance will be on Wednesday, Jan. 14th, from noon to 1 p.m.,
in the UMC Dining Room.
Contact: UMC Student Programs Office at umc-events@colorado.edu or 2-7109
Additional information: http://www.colorado/edu/umc/soundbite
THE CU CONCERT BOX OFFICE HAS MOVED!
The CU Concerts Box Office and administrative offices have moved to
the main lobby of the University Club, just 400 feet from our former
location in the Imig Music Building. Call us at (303) 492-8008 or
visit us in our new location M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Night of show will
call and ticket sales at our venues (Macky, Grusin, Music Theatre)
will stay the same.
Contact: CU Concerts Box Office, (303) 492-8008
Additional information: http://www.cuconcerts.org/moving.html
HEAR THE COLORADO SYMPHONY PERFORMING BEETHOVEN AT MACKY
Now's your chance to catch the Colorado Symphony and cellist Alisa
Weilerstein right here on campus at Macky Auditorium in a special
Artist Series performance Thursday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The program
features Beethoven's -Symphony No. 8- as well as works by Osvaldo
Golijov and retired CU-Boulder composer Luis Jorge Gonzalez. Great
ticket discounts are available for CU students, faculty, and staff-
don't miss this special event!
Contact: CU Concerts Box Office, (303) 492-8008
Additional information: http://www.cuconcerts.org/cso.html
COMIC BOOK ARTWORK AT THE UMC ART GALLERY!
"Graphia! Comics Artwork" on view Jan.12- Feb. 13, featuring original
hand-drawn classic and contemporary comic book art. Join us for a free
reception on Thursday, Jan. 15, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. for food and gallery
talks with the curator and comics collectors. Don't forget- every
Wednesday it's free cookies (while they last) over the lunch hour at
the UMC Art Gallery! Open M-F, 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., 2nd floor of
the UMC, just south of the Reception Desk. Closed Jan. 19
Contact: Laureen Trainer
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/umc/artgallery
FISKE PLANETARIUM NEWS!
We're back with our exciting spring show schedule! Thursday, Jan. 15th,
enjoy "Colorado Skies: Winter Skies" with Elin Leiserson at 7:30 p.m., free
with CU student ID. Friday 7:30 p.m. is "Cosmic Collisions"! Sommers-Bausch
Observatory is open at 8 p.m. weather permitting for public viewing. Friday
night laser shows are 9:30 p.m. Laser Radiohead and 10:45 p.m. Laser Pink
Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. Saturday family matinees: 2 p.m. Space Primer
,3:15 p.m. Great Space Chase.
Contact: Sara Jelley, (303) 492-5002
Additional information: http://fiske.colorado.edu
CU @ THE BOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY SERIES: THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND YOU
Chancellor Bud Peterson invites you to join CU-Boulder faculty members
Rich Wobbekind, Jay Kaplan, Susan Morley, and Keith Maskus for the
panel discussion, "The Economic Crisis and You: Views and Perspectives."
Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Boulder Public Library. A reception
will be held at 6 p.m. prior to the start of the discussion. Free and open
to the public.
Contact: CU-Boulder Outreach Committee, outreach@colorado.edu
SAVE 25% WITH THE CU CONCERTS FACULTY/STAFF DISCOUNT
CU Concerts offers CU-Boulder faculty and staff with valid Buff One
cards a 25% discount on all Artist Series and CU Opera events. This
convenient discount is available over the phone or in person at the CU
Concerts Box Office in the main lobby of the University Club (we're
open 9-4 Monday-Friday). For more information, please visit
http://www.cuconcerts.org or call 303-492-8008.
Contact: CU Concerts Box Office, (303) 492-8008
Additional information: http://www.cuconcerts.org/cufacstaff.html
BASKETBALL GAMES WILL AFFECT PARKING AND TRAFFIC
CU home basketball games in January and February are typically played
on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, and they may affect traffic and
parking lots near Coors Events/Conference Center before and after each
game. View the women's and men's schedules at www.cubuffs.com . If you
need campus access at game times, enter campus going north on Broadway
at Regent Drive.
Contact: Sam Patterson
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