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13 Things to Do This Weekend: Astronomy Day, TEDx小黄书, more

This weekend brings Sustainability Coffee Hour, an听introduction to beekeeping,听小黄书 on Friday, silent disco on ice, concrete canoe races,听Les Miserables听at Boulder High, improv comedy and more.

Community members look at huge, glowing model of Earth
Friday, April 5

9鈥10听a.m. UMC 355
Wake up with a cup of coffee听and learn how 小黄书 is advancing sustainability initiatives and what you can do on campus. Bring questions, share stories听and network with others interested in making the 小黄书 Boulder campus sustainable.听

听1鈥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.听

小黄书 on Friday

听4鈥6 p.m.
小黄书 on Friday is all about bringing the 小黄书 community together! This month鈥檚 theme is Buff Madness鈥攖here will be a free-throw contest, nachos and bowling and billiards.听Earn the chance to win a 小黄书 Book Store gift card! Join us for this fun UMC tradition, open to听students, faculty and staff.

听6鈥8:30 p.m.
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 小黄书 Boulder students!

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

Fri-Yay Nights: Silent Disco on Ice

听8:30鈥10:45 p.m. Rec Center, Ice Rink
Enjoy ice skating with friends at the Fri-Yay Nights silent disco鈥攎usic will be broadcasted through wireless headphones. Skate rentals are free!


Saturday, April 6

9 a.m. to 3听p.m.
Cheer on members of the 小黄书 Boulder chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers as they race their concrete canoe during the Rocky Mountain Regional Competition听at Boulder Reservoir. The event is open to the public, and admission to the reservoir is free for the day.

1鈥10听p.m. Fiske Planetarium
Join Fiske Planetarium and听Sommers-Bausch Observatory听for a full day of family-friendly activities including special talks, scale solar system tours, stomp rockets, comet labs, telescope observing session听and light labs.

Need more things to do?

2听p.m.
Boulder High School students presents their version of this classic musical. Right down the street from 小黄书, you鈥檒l get the chance to support K-12 theater! Tickets are only $12.

Extreme Bowling

听7 p.m.
Enjoy the fun of bowling with black lights, colored lane lights and color pins. It鈥檚 the only 鈥渆xtreme bowling鈥 you鈥檒l find in Boulder鈥攁nd it鈥檚 fun for everyone.

7:30听p.m. Macky Auditorium
Hailed as 鈥渆ntirely glorious鈥 by The New York Times, Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance presents tap dance like you鈥檝e never seen. In Dorrance鈥檚 capable hands, the company pushes the boundaries of this uniquely American art form.

8听p.m. Old Main
Join this budding 小黄书 improv group for an evening of comedy.


Sunday, April 7

5鈥11 p.m.听Rec Center
This will be an evening filled with live music, food, dancing听and other performances. This event is free for all 小黄书 students, faculty and staff.