This weekend brings Homecoming festivities and football, a POW/MIA vigil run, fall crafts and hot cider,听StepUp听dance competition,听ski bus to the slopes,听Tesla Quartet performance and more.
Friday, Nov. 8
听11 a.m. to 2 p.m.听 Norlin Quad
Get ready for the Homecoming game! This exciting new Herd event will feature free food for Herd members, lawn games, prizes and more. Herd members also get a free Homecoming T-shirt when they show their membership card on the app.听
听1 p.m. Folsom Field, Gate 5
The run begins Friday听starting at 1300 and goes through to the start of the CU vs. Stanford game on Saturday听at 1300. This is an annual event held out of respect for those who have gone missing or been captured, open to civilians and all branches.听;听it is important that every 30-minute shift is covered by at least three听people.
CU on Friday: Fall festivities
听4鈥�6 p.m. 鈥嬏�UMC 235
Join in on this UMC tradition! Make your own leaf lanterns while enjoying free caramel apples, hot apple cider, chili and corn chips.
6 p.m. Rec Center, lower gym
Watch more than 10 diverse and different performances of various campus organizations and individual students in a competition for a trophy prize at the first annual StepUp CU dance competition. Food will be provided, and there will be a dance party afterward.
7鈥�8听辫.尘.
Celebrate your CU spirit with students, alumni and the community as we paint Pearl Street black and gold! Stop by the Alumni Association spirit tent across from the Boulder Courthouse Lawn starting at 6:30 p.m. to grab a free pom-pom to cheer on the students, athletes and marching band during the parade.
Saturday, Nov. 9
6, 6:15, 6:30 a.m. 鈥� Will Vill, Kittredge, Farrand Field
Catch the CU Ski Bus to Keystone or Arapahoe Basin resorts (and back home).听Herd members have听20听reserved seats on each bus, available for听$10听each. Learn more.
10 a.m. 鈥� Duane Field
Get ready to cheer on the Buffs against Stanford at the official CU tailgate. All are welcome at this family-friendly event featuring concession-style food and drink. Get there early to see Ralphie up close, plus the CU Marching Band and Spirit Squad!
Play Therapy starring actors of all ability levels
2 p.m., 7:30 p.m.听鈥� University Theatre, Acting Studio
Starring special needs actors whose unique abilities make them perfect fits for their roles,听Play Therapy听follows a non-verbal child named Evyn who finds new meaning and ways of communicating through play therapy鈥攁 method of therapy that incorporates structured play. Can't make it? Catch it Friday or Sunday.
1 p.m. 鈥� Folsom Field
Celebrate your CU pride in the stands of Folsom Field, as the Buffs take on the Stanford Cardinals for the 2019 Homecoming game. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. You can also watch it live on Pac-12 networks or fuboTV.
Sunday, Nov. 10
4 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall
鈥淲e are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties cannot be seen, but we can feel them.鈥� Inspired by Nikola Tesla's words, the Tesla Quartet seeks to make music the binding force that unites audiences with colorful and intimate renditions of both new and established repertoire. Tickets start at $20. There is a second performance Monday night, as well.
7鈥�9 p.m. Chem 140
From the producers of Euphoria听肠辞尘别蝉 Waves, directed by Trey Edward Shults. Get your heart ready for the stunning emotional epic that has been building heat since its rapturous world premiere at Telluride. Waves is a heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times.
