Bring the whole family together to celebrate the winter season. From the polar bears at the North Pole to penguins at the South Pole, the world of opposites will be our inspiration as we create natural history holiday ornaments. Paint with magnets, emboss a snowflake, design a garland to count down to the solstice with opposites, plus many more ways to enliven your holiday decor while making learning fun! Event is FREE! For information on parking and more, visit our website or call 303-492-6892.

Can't make it to the Pac-12 Championship game live in California? Then do the next best thing and come watch the CU Buffs take on the Washington Huskies at The Connection's watch party in the UMC this Friday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. Free snacks will be provided. Visit the Facebook event page for more details.

The French and Italian Department presents L'amour, ca fait chanter by the French 3020 class. It will be performed Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m. each night in Old Main Chapel. The performance is free and open to all. Do not miss this joyful musical!

The French and Italian Department presents L'amour, ca fait chanter by the French 3020 class. It will be performed Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m. each night in Old Main Chapel. The performance is free and open to all. Do not miss this joyful musical!

Apply to be a service lead for Better Boulder Day of Service, the volunteer resource center's largest annual event, and choose to lead one of a variety of service projects that focus on different social and environmental issues all across Boulder. We are looking for enthusiastic, service-oriented people to plan and lead a group of students on a service project within the Boulder community. If you have any questions, please email vrcevents@colorado.edu or visit our website.

The Gender and Sexuality Center offers monthly Safe Zone trainings throughout the academic year. All are welcome! This workshop will be the last training for the 2016 academic year, so don't miss this opportunity! Requests can also be made for departmental or group-specific trainings. Friday, Dec. 16, 12 to 2 p.m., University Memorial Center (UMC), room 247 To register, please follow the steps on our website.

Join the Gender and Sexuality Center for an AIDs talk entitled "Odds Stacked Against Us." Sister Sheila Flynn, a Dominican sister missioned in South Africa since 1988, and Tozi Precious Mokoba, a South African mother and wife, will be speaking. The talk is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Center for Community (C4C), room 350.

Looking to learn a completely new language or simply improve your language skills? The Anderson Language and Technology Center's (ALTEC) non-credit language courses are the perfect answer! We offer a wide range of languages, including: Swahili, French, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and many more. For more information or to register, visit our website.

Join the CU Boulder School of Education for the Graduate Student Open House on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Explore graduate programs, connect with current students and faculty, take a tour and learn about financial aid, admissions, flexible course schedules and more. We offer a supportive community dedicated to preparing educators and education leaders who are passionate about evidence-based policy and practice, democracy, diversity and social justice.  Please RSVP online.

Each year, Center of the American West awards $500 cash prizes to talented CU students writing on Western topics. Categories are poetry, fiction, memoir, creative non-fiction and academic non-fiction. You are welcome to submit material that you wrote for a class assignment, as long as the theme is rooted in any aspect of the American West. And of course, writing something new is good, too! Visit our website or contact us at the email address below for contest rules, entry form and to read winning entries from past years.