(Play) Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son Omari opportunities they’ll never have. When a controversial incident at his upstate private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own choices as a parent. But will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away? With profound compassion and lyricism, Pipeline brings an urgent conversation powerfully to the fore. Morisseau pens a deeply moving story of a mother’s fight to give her son a future — without turning her back on the community that made him who he is.

Auraria Creates An annual celebration of campus scholarship and creativity. We invite our community to join us: April 21: Faculty Spotlight Faculty Presentations: 11:00 am Reception: 1:30 pm FREE at the Auraria Library, Room 116 Light refreshments provided Open to all MSU Denver, CU Denver, and Community College of Denver faculty, staff, and students and community members No RSVP required Featured Presenters Jasmine Harris, professor and chair of Africana studies, MSU Denver: Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education, her pioneering book exploring what it means to be a Black woman in higher education. Elizabeth Pugliano, senior instructor of visual arts, CU Denver: History, Practice and Pedagogy: Empathic Engagements in the Visual Arts, an anthology co-edited by Pugliano, explores historical, practical, and pedagogical empathy through works of art. Dennis Rudnick, assistant professor of elementary education, MSU Denver: On how “divide and conquer” strategies operate in the U.S. public education system. Sandy Guinn, professor of art, CCD: My Sketchpad, her recently published resource to help students overcome barriers to extemporaneous drawing and creativity.

Join the Music Department in the King Center Recital Hall for an hour of student performances. This recital is free and open to the public.  

Auraria Creates An annual celebration of campus scholarship and creativity.  We invite our community to join us for: April 22: Student Spotlight Presentations: 9:30 am Reception: 11 am FREE at the Auraria Library, Room 116 Light refreshments provided Open to all MSU Denver, CU Denver, and Community College of Denver faculty, staff, and students and community members -------- Featured Presenter Flynn Condit, senior political science student, MSU Denver, will present on The Periphery, his two-year photo-documentary project exploring the spaces of the southern constituent republics of the former Soviet Union.

The OWOW Center and the Auraria Sustainable Campus Program are co-hosting a Guest Speaker Workshop with Renée and Micaela, Co-founders of Womxn from the Mountain. The workshop will cover a brief screening of Suncore Sundown, Intros to Environmental Justice, Ally Training, and an Art/Theater exercise.

(Play) Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son Omari opportunities they’ll never have. When a controversial incident at his upstate private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own choices as a parent. But will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away? With profound compassion and lyricism, Pipeline brings an urgent conversation powerfully to the fore. Morisseau pens a deeply moving story of a mother’s fight to give her son a future — without turning her back on the community that made him who he is.