03 Sep: Seeds of a Planetary Future @ Heller Center

  • 5:00pm Simulacra Gallery Exhibit located@GOCA
  • 6:00pm Dornith Doherty Artist Talk @Chapman Theatre in the Ent Center
  • 7:30pm Outdoor Movie Night @Heller Center for Arts & Humanities 
Seeds of a planetary future

04 Sep: Speaking of Nature @ UCCS Downtown

  • 5:00-5:30pm Researcher tables in lobby
  • 5:30-6:30pm Jordan Kokot talk, What do we mean by nature?
  • 6:30-7:00pm Reception/Meet the Researchers
Speaking of nature

08 Sep: Sustaining Communities @ Hillside Hub

  • 9:30-2:30pm No Cost Grocery & volunteer opportunities 
  • 4:00pm Garden and composting tours
  • 4:30-7pm Local food trucks available
  • 5:15pm Workshop: Out of Synch? with Dornith Doherty
  • 6:45pm Cooking demonstration: Local and Delicious with chef Felicia Embry
  • 7:30pm Screening/discussion of A Bigger World and Not Aliens (Youth Documentary Academy; discussion with filmmakers and Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Ashley Cornelius)
sustaining communities

09 Sep: Cultural Connections @ Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

  • Farmers’ market on West Lawn will be available all day long with food options 
  • The Truth About 250/150 visiting exhibit all day long on South Lawn
  • Children's activities all day long inside the museum
     

All day events: free activities for kids, open galleries 

  • 4:00-7:00pm Art-making stations throughout the museum
  • 6:00pm Food Forest workshop on East Lawn
  • 5:00pm & 7:00pm Screening & discussion of The Spectacular Quiet and Grasping at Stars 
    (YDA, with filmmakers and PPPL Ashley Cornelius)


Cultural Connections

10 Sep: Citizen Science @ Concrete Coyote

  • 3:30-7:30pm Citizen Science Labs: Making Scents of Nature 
    • 3:30pm Park tour and wild harvest 
    • 4:30pm Start essential oil distillation guided by Laura Huth of Rootfoot 
    • 5:30pm Biochar / Hugelkultur workshop 
    • 6:30pm Animal Continuum activities & discussion
    • 7:00pm Essential oil collection, meditation and intention setting 
  • 7:30-9:00pm Dinner and Coyoetry Special Edition: “Our Place in Nature” open mic 
Citizen Science

11 Sep: Our Place in Nature @ Heller Center for Arts & Humanities

  • 2:00-4:00pm General Heller events
    • Gallery open
    • Tours of Heller Center
    • Geology tour (with Eric Billmeyer)
    • Sungazing with special telescope (with Joel Tonyan)
    • Ask a Philosopher booth
    • Activities for kids
  • 4:00pm Community Conversations: Sustainable Engagement
  • 5:00pm Workshop and talk on fire building and fire in human history (with Dr. Haruki Eda)
  • 6:15pm Picnic dinner available
  • 6:30pm Storytelling/dance presentation and picnic dinner
  • 8:00pm Stargazing and stories (with Joel Tonyan)
 
Our Place in Nature

12 Sep: Feeling Place @ Heller Center for Arts & Humanities/UCCS

  • The Truth About 250/150 visiting exhibit all day long
  • 10:00am Adult workshops; geology/natural history tours; activities for kids
  • 11:00am Community curation workshop in Heller Gallery 
  • 12:00pm Flintknapping demonstration and conversation
  • 12:30pm Picnic lunch 
  • 1:30-4:30pm Interactive campus tours: meet UCCS researchers and students, see research, win prizes! ***Art and writing from the competition will be on display around campus!!***
  • 5:00pm Picnic dinner/Community Conversations: Local Ecologies and Interconnections
  • 6:30pm Interactive theatre
  • 7:00pm Concert: music and dance
Feeling Place

13 Sep: Connected Futures @ Heller Center for Arts & Humanities

  • 2:00pm & 3:15pm Workshops and tours for adults, activities for kids
  • 4:30pm Community-curated gallery opening
  • 5:00pm Unveiling of winning art pieces and presentation of arts/writing competition awards
  • 6:00pm Local Foods Feast
  • 6:30pm Community Conversations: Connected Futures 

     

Connected Futures

All programs are free and open to the public

***More details coming soon! Check back this summer for links to register for events!***

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