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Friday Night Film Series: Jersey Boys

Program Council's Friday Night Film Series presents: Jersey Boys When: Friday, Sept. 5 Where: Chemistry 140 Lecture Hall This event is FREE and open to students and the general public. There will be popcorn.

Collaborating with Insects: Exhibit opening and artist lecture

Catherine Chalmers will talk about how her art focuses on the complex relationship between nature and culture on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 6:30 - 8 p.m. at the CU Museum of Natural History. Using all types of media, Chalmers' work aims to give form to the richness, brutality, and indifference that often characterize our connection with animals. This lecture will accompany the opening of an exhibit of Chalmers’ work in the BioLounge. Light refreshments will be served.

Peace Corps info. session Sept. 17, 5 p.m.

Have you ever wanted an all expense paid multi-cultural experience combined with the opportunity to assist communities in need? Join your Peace Corps representatives on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 5 p.m. in UMC room 425 to find out what life is like serving overseas, how to start an application and what you can do now to increase your chances of becoming a United States Peace Corps Volunteer. Follow us on Facebook: CU Boulder Peace Corps Life is calling. How far will you go?

Omeka as a tool for digital humanities projects: Learners Lunch @ Music

Omeka is a free, open-source content management tool for digital collections. This workshop will offer an overview of Omeka and what it can do for digital humanities scholars. Several projects will be demonstrated including a local project on Colorado sheet music publishers. Nov. 19, noon, Imig N285

Build mastery and manage performance anxiety: Learners Lunch @ Music

Learn, explore and discuss techniques and skills that advance music practice and performance. Learn to employ breath awareness, mindfulness skills, and thought exercises to support your and your students’ music making. Overview processes that are geared to help musicians build confidence and mastery while successfully managing performance anxiety. Nov. 12, noon, Imig N285

What is CU Scholar? Learners Lunch @ Music

This fall, the University Libraries will be introducing CU Scholar, a brand new institutional repository (IR) to house the university’s scholarly output to the entire University of Colorado Boulder campus. This workshop will offer background on the IR, IR policies, submission process and helpful resources. There will be time for questions and the second portion of the session will be highly interactive. Noon, Nov. 5, Imig N285

Music and the Law: Copyright and Music Study - Learners Lunch @ Music

Can I make an arrangement of that song? Can I put a copy of this score in my dissertation? What are my rights in the song I just wrote? What can I put up on YouTube? How can I find media that is copyright-free? Copyright plays an increasingly important role in the lives of musicians, but remains a subject of both myth & mystery. We'll review the basics of fair use, and then look at some of the ways it affects musicians in an academic environment. Bring your questions. Noon, Oct. 29, Imig N285

Getting to Inbox Zero: Learners Lunch @ Music

This one-hour class covers the core principles of getting to inbox zero and staying there. Informed by David Allen's "Getting Things Done" system, we will focus heavily on how to process email and maintain tasks/projects in simple and reliable systems. Participants will leave with strategies for getting their email inbox to zero messages, a fresh framework for managing tasks, projects and priorities, as well as suggestions on software that can support these healthy practices. Noon, Oct. 22, Imig N285

Name that tune: Learners Lunch @ Music

Want to learn how to use your smartphone to identify the music playing in a restaurant or store? Need help finding a song when all you remember are the lyrics? Ever have a melody stuck in your head that you cannot place? Come to this workshop and learn how to identify music based on a recording, the lyrics, or the melody using free software and apps. We’ll explore Shazam, SoundHound, musiXmatch, ThemeFinder and more. Bring a laptop, tablet, or smartphone for hands-on learning. Noon, Oct. 15, Imig N285

Getting started with VoiceThread : Learners Lunch @ Music

VoiceThread is an online program that allows users to upload pictures, video and documents into a digital slideshow, record or type comments about these media and share the product with others who can record or type their own comments. In this workshop, we will discuss engaging uses of VoiceThread for the classroom, how to upload and access the media and the many commenting options. Noon, Oct. 1, in Imig N285