Week of Events
First Storytellers Festival, A Celebration of Native American Theatre
In response to the need for Native theatre artists to work with other Native creatives to develop their shows, First Storyteller’s Festival was created. Each year the festival will develop work for the stage by Native artists from all over Turtle Island, educate the next generation of Native storytellers and help reclaim the narrative for Native stories.
Reverse Tashlich
Reverse Tashlich
Tashlich is a Rosh Hashanah ritual in which Jews begin the new year by symbolically casting off last year's sins by tossing pebbles or bread crumbs into a body of water. In 2016, the college division of Repair the Sea (Scubi Jew®️) at Eckerd College conceived the idea of hosting a Reverse Tashlich, a beach cleanup to remove human "sins" from the water.
Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples
Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples
LEARN the real history of our country through the voices of Native people, European colonists, and historians. INTERACT — Experience this history as you never have before. UNDERSTAND why this history matters to all Americans today. RESPECT Native Americans’ rights, cultures, and presence.
The Counting of the Heads & New Year’s Purun
The Counting of the Heads & New Year’s Purun
Join us for a great night of theatre, as we present a staged reading of a new ten-minute play by Justin P. Lopez (Mapuche) followed by a staged reading of a new full length play by Steve Callahan (Osage).
Tribal Consultation on Violence Against Women Webinar
Tribal Consultation on Violence Against Women Webinar
Please join the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) as we summarize national concerns and emerging issues for Tribal leaders and representatives to consider in preparation for the 19th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation.
Savage
Savage
Join us for the development of an exciting new musical by Chickasaw writer/composer Nicolette Blount, co-written by Lindel Hart! Savage is a musical drama based on the life of Chickasaw sharpshooter and silent film actress, the unconquerable Wanda Savage.
CONPS Boulder chapter monthly meeting: Flora and Butterflies of Fishers Peak State Park
CONPS Boulder chapter monthly meeting: Flora and Butterflies of Fishers Peak State Park
Christian Nunes, wildlife ecologist, will talk about the butterflies and flora of Fishers Peak State Park at the Boulder Chapter CONPS October 2 meeting. He has been part of a team of scientists who inventoried the flora and fauna of this biologically diverse property before and after it became a state park. Please join us for this in-person (and virtual) meeting.
Authentic Allyship
Authentic Allyship
Monica Williams, Chief Consulting Officer of The Equity Project, will lead a presentation addressing how to show up as an authentic ally through DEIA practices.
Voices of Change: First Storytellers – An Evening with Native American Playwrights
Voices of Change: First Storytellers – An Evening with Native American Playwrights
Boulder’s all-Indigenous led artists collective Creative Nations joins us for an evening featuring playwrights from their inaugural First Storytellers Festival. Excerpts from playwrights’ work will be performed live by indigenous actors followed by a conversation about the challenges of telling Native stories. Presented as part of Creative Nations’ First Storytellers Festival and co-presented by the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee.
A Taste of Hope: The Blue Plate Book Launch and Local Farmer Connections
A Taste of Hope: The Blue Plate Book Launch and Local Farmer Connections
Join us for an evening of conversation about regenerative agriculture featuring Mark J. Easter, ecologist and author of The Blue Plate: A Food Lover's Guide to Climate Chaos, along with Phil Taylor, founder of Mad Agriculture.
Ecotoberfest
Ecotoberfest
Ecotoberfest will feature over 50 vendors and exhibitors, a sustainable marketplace, an electric vehicle (EV) showcase, no-cost small electronics recycling, a Halloween costume exchange, a locally-sourced pumpkin patch, a bounce house, food trucks, face painting, a beer garden hosted by the Louisville Chamber of Commerce, and live music!
The Justice Film Series Launch
The Justice Film Series Launch
Set in Berlin and New York, FROM HERE interweaves the stories of Tania, Miman, Sonny and Akim -- artists and activists raised in the Global North to parents from the Global South. The film accompanies them as they move from their 20's into their 30's, facing major turning points: fighting for citizenship, creating a family, surviving violence, and finding creative expression. Beautifully shot over the course of ten years, the film captures theur struggle to define belonging for themselves in societies increasingly hostile to their existence.