Iris Global Health Film Festival

eTown Hall 1535 Spruce Street, Boulder

The Iris Global Health Film Festival (IGHFF) illuminates the silver screen with captivating films that explore a diverse range of health subjects, from individual vitality to the ecological well-being of our planet. Through engaging narratives and thought-provoking documentaries, we celebrate the interplay of art and well-being.

Naturalist Chat, A Bird Q&A

Virtual

Do you wonder where your backyard birds have gone? Do you have questions about bird feeding? Need help identifying a bird? Then join us for Naturalist Chat, A Bird Q&A, and share the bird questions that have been chirping in the back of your mind!

Rock The Shelter: Leading the way Home

eTown Hall 1535 Spruce Street, Boulder

All Roads, which operates Boulder's emergency shelter and provides permanent housing solutions to homeless adults in our community, is putting on a show! Come to eTown on October 17 for live music and fun, and support us as we address the homelessness crisis in Boulder. Help us lead the way home for our most vulnerable neighbors.

Saving Walden’s World Film Screening

eTown Hall 1535 Spruce Street, Boulder

THE FILM EXPLORES: 

How land reform, literacy and universal higher education dramatically increase well-being 

How family planning, child care and public health programs yielded results similar to advanced European social democracies in "poor" societies 

How many of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals were achieved by empowered women 

GreenLatinos & Protégete Present: Summit & Celebración

Re:Vision - Art & Cultural Center Morrison Road, Denver, Colorado, United States

Join GreenLatinos & Protégete for a day of discussions and connection ~ Acompañe a GreenLatinos y Protégete en un día de debates y conexión

Why the Gaza Conflict is now a Regional and soon to be Global Conflict

Virtual

Dr. Mazin Butros Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian scientist and author, founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History (PMNH) and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University where he teaches. Over the course of his career, he has published well over 150 scientific papers on topics ranging from cultural heritage to biodiversity. He has authored several books including Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle.

Mindful Campus Speaker Series with Anthony Ray Hinton

Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE) 1725 Euclid Ave, Boulder, CO, United States

The Crown Institute invites you to a stirring keynote lecture by The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row. When asked if he felt anger toward those who wrongly imprisoned him, Mr. Hinton replied, “I chose to stay vigilant to any signs of anger or hate in my heart. They took thirty years of my life. If I couldn’t forgive, if I couldn’t feel joy, that would be like giving them the rest of my life.”

PINE STREET PRESENTS: THE COMMON GOOD FORUM 2024

Pine Street Church 1237 Pine St, Boulder, CO

Tapping into the themes of his new book, “Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart”, Brian McLaren invites us to engage in the catastrophic failure of both political and religious leaders to address urgent realities of our time: ecological overshoot, economic injustice, and civilizational collapse. Come explore the complexity of hope, the necessity of grief, and discover new ways of thinking, becoming, and belonging for the common good.

“What Was Ours” Film Screening and Talk-Back about Repatriation with Jordan Dresser

Museum of Boulder 2205 Broadway, Boulder CO

“What Was Ours” is the story of how a young journalist, Jordan Dresser, and a teenage powwow princess, both of the Arapaho tribe, traveled together with a Shoshone elder in search of missing artifacts in the vast archives of Chicago’s Field Museum. There they discover a treasure trove of ancestral objects, setting them on a journey to recover what has been lost and build hope for the future. Join Jordan for a talk-back after the film.