Events

CHA Events & Programs

From panel discussions and guest speakers to workshops and collaborative brainstorming sessions, the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) hosts and supports a wide range of events for the CU Boulder community throughout the year.

Spring 2026 Book Club – Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen.

October 9, 2025 | 6:00–7:30 PM

Immigration: Is This Who We Are?

📍 Colorado Chautauqua's Community House
Part of the Difficult Dialogues: Community Conversations series (with Colorado Chautauqua and their Voices at Chautauqua series).

The US is often described as a country of immigrants. Yet ICE’s increasingly aggressive tactics have politicized this identity.

Discussion focus:

• What does immigration mean for American identity?
• Is this who we are as a nation—and who we want to be?

November 13, 2025 | 6:00–7:30 PM

Israel. Gaza. Boulder. A Very Difficult Dialogue.

📍 Colorado Chautauqua's Community House
Part of the Difficult Dialogues: Community Conversations series (with Colorado Chautauqua and Voices at Chautauqua).

The Israel–Gaza conflict has surfaced in Boulder through heated City Council meetings and even violent acts such as the Pearl Street Mall firebombing.

This dialogue will:

• Address how we can lower tensions.
• Create space where all sides are heard.

December 10, 2025 | 6:00–7:30 PM

Normalization: Is Denial a River in Egypt?

📍 Colorado Chautauqua's Community House
Part of the Difficult Dialogues: Community Conversations series (with Colorado Chautauqua and Voices at Chautauqua).

Normalization is the process of accepting—sometimes quickly—new ways of doing things or experiences as the “new normal.” What are the dangers of this all-too-human approach? How can we avoid this pitfall when it matters most? Join us as we discuss the implications normalization has on ourselves and our society.