Welcome back, Buffs! This week brings trivia night, the CUSG blood drive, 鈥淏lack Faces, White Spaces鈥� talk, a miniature terrarium artist workshop, Ralphie鈥檚 Cooking Basics, free film screenings and more.
Monday, April 1
I Love Mondays: Succulents
2鈥�3 p.m. 听UMC North Dining Room
Cure your case of the Monday blues, and begin your week with a cute, little succulent! Take a break from studying, kick-start your week with a fun activity and bring home the most adorable plant!
Noon to 2听p.m. 听C4C S350
Grad students: Come enjoy coffee and cookies while making your own vision board to keep you motivated throughout graduate school! staff will be there to help guide the vision board making process while also answering questions about how the office can support you throughout your time in graduate school.
Trivia Night
7听p.m. 听The Connection
Looking for a fun Monday night activity? Sign up for Trivia Night! Every Monday night at the UMC, test your knowledge of everything from celebrities to sports to history and more! Sign up at 6 p.m. at The Connection front desk. Free to enter. Teams and individuals are welcome, and prizes are awarded to top finishers.
Tuesday, April 2
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.听听UMC 386
CU Student Government鈥檚 Freshmen Council is holding a blood drive. Donors will get free Boss Lady Pizza but you must .
Wednesday, April 3
5:30 p.m.听听CASE Auditorium
Join Carolyn Finney to discuss the legacy of African-Americans in the outdoors in the U.S. How do we reimagine it after such strong love-hate relationships between black Americans and the great outdoors? How do we change the lack of representation when it comes to nature and people of color in general? Finney will also be hosting a workshop on Thursday, April 4.
Need more things to do?
5:30鈥�7:30 p.m.听听
See the culmination of the听New Venture Challenge听11 season at the NVC championships! Winners from the five NVC tracks will pitch their business ideas in front of a live audience and panel of judges for the opportunity to win major prizes. for free today.
Thursday, April 4
5鈥�7 p.m. 听CU Art Museum, Education Room
Put your miniature gardening skills to the test! This event will have members from Students Association of Landscape Architecture helping to听create terrariums in a variety of containers using rocks, moss and tiny air plants.听For more information and to reserve a spot, email听dante.dupont@colorado.edu.听
Ralphie鈥檚 Cooking Basics: Street tacos
5:30鈥�7:30听p.m. 听Alferd Packer Grill
Join your fellow Buffs to learn how to cook some yummy pork or vegetable street tacos! All materials will be provided. If you are interested in participating in a cooking class, the sign-up sheet will start at 5:15 p.m., 15 minutes prior to the class, outside Alferd Packer Grill. Space is limited to the first 15听people who sign up, so please be sure to arrive early! Closed-toe shoes must be worn at all times when in the kitchen.
8鈥�11听p.m. Chem 140
Throwback Thursday returns with the be-all-end-all听鈥�90s rom-com, 10 Things I Hate About You.听Free admission and popcorn.
鈥淜at Stratford (Julia Stiles) is beautiful, smart and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens, meaning that she doesn鈥檛 attract many boys. Unfortunately for her younger sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), house rules say that she can鈥檛 date until Kat has a boyfriend, so strings are pulled to set the dour damsel up for a romance. Soon Kat crosses paths with handsome new arrival Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger). Will Kat let her guard down enough to fall for the effortlessly charming Patrick?鈥澨�
Friday, April 5
8鈥�11 p.m.听 Chem 140
Free admission and popcorn! This event was previously cancelled due to technical difficulties.听
鈥淪et in early-1970s Harlem, If Beale Street Could Talk is a timeless and moving love story of both a couple鈥檚 unbreakable bond and the African-American family鈥檚 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 fianc茅 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鈥檚 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.鈥�
