On Friday, Nov. 8, International Coffee Hour (ICH) will be a special celebration of the UMC's 60th anniversary, from 3 - 5:30 p.m.! There will be music and the chance to have your photo taken with Chip, the CU mascot, from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Come meet great people, enjoy the free refreshments, 3 - 5:30 p.m. in the UMC Grill. ICH takes place each Friday of the fall and spring when classes are in session.

On Friday, Nov. 8, International Coffee Hour (ICH) will be a special celebration of the UMC's 60th anniversary, from 3 - 5:30 p.m. There will be music and the chance to have your photo taken with CHIP (3:30 - 4:30 p.m.), the CU mascot. Come meet great people, enjoy the free refreshments, 3 - 5:30 p.m. in the UMC Grill. ICH takes place each Friday of the fall and spring when classes are in session.

In a shared evening of dance, theater and live music, the audience is transported by smells of coffee, sounds of singing, tastes of fresh water, physical risks and tender gestures. Maren Waldman’s environmentally focused work addresses the longing for reconnection between the body and earth. Kate Speer’s politically conscious work reveals the absurdity and reality of war through memoirs of being human. Tangled between these works are stories of loss, memory, connection and a sense of coming home.

Astronaut and returned Peace Corps volunteer Joe Acaba will be broadcasting via Skype from the NASA Space Center in Houston to approximately 500 students from at least 15 universities in an 11-state region. WHEN: Wed, Nov. 6, 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. WHERE: Koelbel Rm. 330 at the Leeds School of Business Free food and refreshments will be provided. Mr. Acaba is the first returned Peace Corps volunteer to serve as a NASA Astronaut; he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic (1994-96).

BEETHOVEN - String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4 BARTOK - String Quartet No. 3 SMETANA - String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, “From My Life” Edward Dusinberre, violin Károly Schranz, violin Geraldine Walther, viola András Fejer, cello

Sensual, exotic and ethereally alive, “Botanica” evokes nature’s wonder in a visual odyssey of athletic dance, fantastical imagery and illusion and music, from Vivaldi to birdsong. Performances by New York-based MOMIX have been broadcast in 55 countries. Preconcert conversation at 6:45 p.m. in Macky Room 102 with CU Theatre & Dance's Donna Mejia.

Once every four years all eyes are upon the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The quadrennial winner — including such exceptional performers as Radu Lupu, Cristina Ortiz and Barry Douglas — can lay claim to the title of best piano player in the world.

Shakespeare’s terrifying tale of blood and murder, just in time for Halloween. At a time of the year when the veil is thin and mists obscure more than just the trees, Macbeth and his lady can no longer be sure what it is that drives them on, nor what is waiting for them on the other side.

Chicago in the Roaring ‘20s offers life-changing opportunities for women. When young Catherine Donahue takes a full-time job her husband warns her, “Work can cost you something.” But at the Radium Dial Company she finds new friends and new strength that serve her well when it comes time to pay the price. Melanie Marnich’s work of creative non-fiction artfully weaves together actual events and vivid characters to look at the ways we define ourselves by our work — and the evanescence of time.

A book release event honoring the late Denver Post Contributor and Preeminent Western Public Intellectual, Ed Quillen. Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m. - Benson 180 Ed Quillen was a regular contributor in the Denver Post’s Perspective section for 26 years. His was the longest-running column in the paper’s history, according to Curtis Hubbard of the Denver Post. He wrote about history, politics, water issues, computers and small town living in his weekly dispatches.