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General Wesley K Clark Coming March 24th, 2012
February 5th, 2012
General Wesley K. Clark
Topic: American & World Affairs
When: March 24, 2012
Time: 7:30 PM
Place:
Thunder River Theatre
67 Promenade
Carbondale, Co 81623
Tickets: $15.00
The Following is an excerpt from the Wikipedia listing about General Clark:
Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr., (born December 23, 1944) is a retired general of the United States Army. Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master’s degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Clark commanded Operation Allied Force in the Kosovo War during his term as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1997 to 2000.
Clark joined the 2004 race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination as a candidate on September 17, 2003, but withdrew from the primary race on February 11, 2004, after winning the Oklahoma state primary, endorsing and campaigning for the eventual Democratic nominee, John Kerry. Clark currently leads a political action committee—”WesPAC”—which was formed after the 2004 primaries,[1][2] and used it to support numerous Democratic Party candidates in the 2006 midterm elections.[3] Clark was considered a potential candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2008, but, on September 15, 2007, endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton.[4] After Clinton dropped out of the Presidential race, Clark endorsed the then-presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama.[5] Clark currently serves as the co-chairman of Growth Energy, an ethanol lobbying group[6][7] and on the board of directors of BNK Petroleum.[8]
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Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr Re-Scheduled for August 3rd, 2012
December 22nd, 2011
Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates
When: August 3rd, 2012
Time: 7:30 PM
Place:
Thunder River Theatre
67 Promenade
Carbondale, Co 81623
Tickets: $15
Professor Gates will be discussing his studies on genealogy. In 2010 he hosted a four part series on PBS examining the genealogy of 12 prominent North Americans including Mike Nichols, Queen Noor, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Meryl Streep. Following the discusson, he will present his findings on a DNA sample of Jim Calaway.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the full Wikipedia entry Click here.
Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual. He was the first African American to receive the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship. He has received numerous honorary degrees and awards for his teaching, research, and development of academic institutions to study black culture. In 2002, Gates was selected to give the Jefferson Lecture, in recognition of his “distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities.”
As the host of the 2006 and 2008 PBS television miniseries African American Lives, Gates explored the genealogy of prominent African Americans. Gates sits on the boards of many notable arts, cultural, and research institutions. He serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, where he is director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.
Tom Friedman – December 29, 2011
September 26th, 2011
December 29, 2011
7:30pm
Thunder River Theatre
67 Promenade
Downtown Carbondale
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Ambassador Chris Hill – October 21st
August 10th, 2011
Ambassador Chris Hill
When: Friday, October 21, 2011
Time: 7:30 PM
Place:
Thunder River Theatre
67 Promenade
Carbondale, Co 81623
Tickets: $15
Christopher Hill is the Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq from April 2009 until August 2010. He is a career member of the Foreign Service whose prior assignment was Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He also served as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. On February 14, 2005, he was named as the Head of the U.S. delegation to the Six-Party Talks on the North Korean nuclear issue. Previously he has served as U.S. Ambassador to Poland (2000-2004), Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia (1996-1999) and Special Envoy to Kosovo (1998-1999). He also served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Southeast European Affairs in the National Security Council.
Earlier in his Foreign Service career, Ambassador Hill served tours in Belgrade, Warsaw, Seoul, and Tirana, and on the Department of State’s Policy Planning staff and in the Department’s Operation Center. While on a fellowship with the American Political Science Association he served as staff member for Congressman Stephen Solarz working on Eastern European issues. He also served as the Department of State’s Senior Country Office for Poland. Ambassador Hill received the State Department’s Distinguished Service Award for his contributions as a member of the U.S. negotiating team in the Bosnia peace settlement, and was a recipient of the Robert S. Frasure Award for Peace Negotiations for his work on the Kosovo crisis. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Ambassador Hill served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon.
Ambassador Hill graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine with a B.A. in Economics. He received a Master’s degree from the Naval War College in 1994. He speaks Polish, Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian.
From Ambassador Hill’s DU biography.
Dr. Kirk R. Johnson from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science Pays Us a Visit
February 16th, 2011
Dr. Kirk R. Johnson Comes to Carbondale
When: Saturday May 21, 2011
Time: 7:30 PM
Place:
Thunder River Theatre
67 PromenadeCarbondale, Co 81623
Tickets: $15
Dr. Johnson is overseeing the dig in Snowmass which has resulted in the identification of 22 prehistoric species including the skeletons of mastodons, mammoths, and Ice Age bison. It is reported as the highest Ice Age site.
Here’s more on Dr. Johnson’s work in Snowmass provided by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science:
"SnowMastodon"
The Snowmastodon Project™On October 14, 2010, bulldozer operator Jesse Steele was excavating a reservoir near Snowmass Village when he saw bones coming over the top of his bulldozer blade. Within two days, scientists from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science were on site, and within two weeks a Museum team was excavating what has become one of the most significant scientific discoveries in Colorado history.
The find is an exceptionally preserved Ice Age ecosystem. As of December 2010, the site had produced the remains of eight to 10 American mastodons, four Columbian mammoths, a Jefferson’s ground sloth, four gigantic bison, two Ice Age deer, snails, iridescent insects, and plant matter that is still green after more than 45,000 years.
News of the once-in-a-lifetime discovery spread like wildfire throughout Colorado, generating enormous public interest. In the Roaring Fork Valley, 8,500 school children lined up to see the bones and learn about the discovery from Museum educators. During two days in November, more than 3,500 people in Snowmass Village and 2,500 people in Denver attended Mammoth and Mastodon Madness Days to see the fossils and learn more about the Ice Age in Colorado.
For the next six months, the Museum is focusing on preserving the bones from this Ice Age treasure trove and planning next steps. Museum scientists have assembled a team of more than two dozen scientific experts who will gather in Snowmass Village in May 2011 to continue this amazing excavation.
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Click here to get caught up on everything that happened in the field, learn what scientists are doing now to preserve the bones, and find out the latest discoveries from our team of experts.
Format: For the first hour, moderator Jim Calaway will pose questions and then questions will be taken from the audience.
Dialogue is a key element for this event and upcoming events planned by the council. Calaway emphasizes the presenters “will not make speeches.” Calaway has been involved with the Aspen Institute for 30 years and is a strong proponent of how they conduct dialogue in their events. The Roaring Fork Cultural Council events will follow that model.
Former US Senator Gary Hart Comes to Carbondale
February 9th, 2011
Former US Senator Gary Hart
Former US Senator Gary Hart Comes to Carbondale
When: Saturday April 2, 2011
Time: 7:30 PM
Place:
Thunder River Theatre
67 Promenade
Carbondale, Co 81623
Tickets: $15
Online Purchase of Tickets is now CLOSED for this Event!
Format: For the first hour, moderator Jim Calaway will pose questions and then questions will be taken from the audience.
Dialogue is a key element for this event and upcoming events planned by the council. Calaway emphasizes the presenters “will not make speeches.” Calaway has been involved with the Aspen Institute for 30 years and is a strong proponent of how they conduct dialogue in their events. The Roaring Fork Cultural Council events will follow that model.