This weekend brings Sustainability Coffee Hour, an introduction to beekeeping, CU on Friday, silent disco on ice, concrete canoe races, Les Miserables at Boulder High, improv comedy and more.
Friday, April 5
Sustainability Coffee Hour: Sustainable Purchasing
9–10 a.m. UMC 355
Wake up with a cup of coffee and learn how CU is advancing sustainability initiatives and what you can do on campus. Bring questions, share stories and network with others interested in making the CU Boulder campus sustainable.
Sustainability Skills Workshop: Introduction to Beekeeping
1–5 p.m. Village Center
Learn about the incredible world of the bee, how to care for bees and how to encourage the multiple benefits of pollination and honey production in your backyard! This workshop will introduce keeping European honeybees as a backyard hobby including types of hives, what bees need and how to care for them. Admission is $15. Register here.
CU on Friday
4–6 p.m. The Connection
CU on Friday is all about bringing the CU community together! This month’s theme is Buff Madness—there will be a free-throw contest, nachos and bowling and billiards. Earn the chance to win a CU Book Store gift card! Join us for this fun UMC tradition, open to students, faculty and staff.
TEDxCU 2019: Push & Pull
6–8:30 p.m. UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom
Life pulls you down many paths that you simply could never predict. Being able to push back against hardships and adversities helps many continue on and prosper on their unique life journeys. Join us to hear ten speakers share stories of defeat, perseverance and growth. Free for all CU Boulder students!
If Beale Street Could Talk screening (rescheduled)
8–11 p.m. Chem 140
Free admission and popcorn! This event was previously cancelled due to technical difficulties.
“Set in early-1970s Harlem, If Beale Street Could Talk is a timeless and moving love story of both a couple’s unbreakable bond and the African-American family’s empowering embrace, as told through the eyes of 19-year-old Tish Rivers (screen newcomer KiKi Layne). A daughter and wife-to-be, Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny (Stephan James). Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together, but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Through the unique intimacy and power of cinema, If Beale Street Could Talk honors the author’s prescient words and imagery, charting the emotional currents navigated in an unforgiving and racially biased world as the filmmaker poetically crosses time frames to show how love and humanity endure.”
Fri-Yay Nights: Silent Disco on Ice
8:30–10:45 p.m. Rec Center, Ice Rink
Enjoy ice skating with friends at the Fri-Yay Nights silent disco—music will be broadcasted through wireless headphones. Skate rentals are free!
Saturday, April 6
Concrete canoe races
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Boulder Reservoir
Cheer on members of the CU Boulder chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers as they race their concrete canoe during the Rocky Mountain Regional Competition at Boulder Reservoir. The event is open to the public, and admission to the reservoir is free for the day.
Astronomy Day 2019
1–10 p.m. Fiske Planetarium
Join Fiske Planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory for a full day of family-friendly activities including special talks, scale solar system tours, stomp rockets, comet labs, telescope observing session and light labs.
Need more things to do?
Boulder High presents Les Miserables
2 p.m. Boulder High School
Boulder High School students presents their version of this classic musical. Right down the street from CU, you’ll get the chance to support K-12 theater! Tickets are only $12.
Extreme Bowling
7 p.m. The Connection
Enjoy the fun of bowling with black lights, colored lane lights and color pins. It’s the only “extreme bowling” you’ll find in Boulder—and it’s fun for everyone.
Dorrance Dance
7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium
Hailed as “entirely glorious” by The New York Times, Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance presents tap dance like you’ve never seen. In Dorrance’s capable hands, the company pushes the boundaries of this uniquely American art form.
Spaghetti Confessions: The We Are Not Being Held Hostage Show
8 p.m. Old Main
Join this budding CU improv group for an evening of comedy.
Sunday, April 7
Colors of South Asia
5–11 p.m. Rec Center
This will be an evening filled with live music, food, dancing and other performances. This event is free for all CU students, faculty and staff.
