Piano Celebration 2025 features guest artist Zahari Metchkov. Join us on night one of the Piano Celebration as Zahari Metchkov presents "Music of Eastern European Cultures." All Music Department Events are FREE to MSU Denver Students, Faculty, and Staff! General Admission tickets $15-25 available from King Center Box Office. Free parking in the 7th Street Garage with coupon code provided with ticket reservation.

MSU Denver celebrates the partnership between MSU Denver and the Denver Art Museum with an evening of art, education, and entertainment. The event will feature tours by student interns, games, prizes, food, art-making activities, and a roundtable discussion.  Click here to REGISTER TODAY:  or paste this URL in your browser https://tickets.denverartmuseum.org/DateSelection.aspx?item=2732  

Piano Celebration 2025 Night Two features the MSU Denver Piano Faculty performing "Two Grand," a premiere of the two spectacular Steinway Model D pianos purchased by the Music Department last summer! All Music Department Events are FREE to MSU Denver Students, Faculty, and Staff! General Admission tickets $15-20 available from King Center Box Office. Free parking in the 7th Street Garage with coupon code provided with ticket reservation.

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.  

Join the One World One Water Center for a film screening of the award-winning documentary, Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration. This poignant documentary delves into the intricate relationship between communities and their water sources. The film highlights the challenges faced by various communities worldwide in ensuring sustainable water management and showcases inspiring stories of resilience and regeneration.

Join us for the book release of Informal Metropolis: Life on the Edge of Mexico City by MSU-Professor Dr. David Yee. The author will be joined by Mexican historian Christina M. Jiménez (UCCS) in an engaging conversation about the history of social inequality in Mexico.

The Jazz & American Improvised Music Concert Series at Kalamath presents the MSU Denver Big Band, directed by Shane Endsley. Jazz Combos directed by Mark Harris and Dawn Clement also perform.  All Music Department events are FREE to MSU Denver Students, Faculty, and Staff.  General admission: $12, tickets may be purchased online, or in-person at the King Center Box Office on the Auraria Campus prior to the event. Free parking onsite.   

Whether you're a housing consumer, provider, government official, advocate or MSU Denver student, faculty or staff, you will not want to miss, "All of us! Fair Housing Solidarity" – Colorado’s Annual Fair Housing Conference on Thursday, April 17, 2025, from 9:00,-Noon. Conference convener Denver Metro Fair Housing Center is celebrating the 57th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. You can attend this free event in-person at Metropolitan State University (Turnhalle in the Tivoli Student Center) or online via Zoom. With major changes underway in Washington, this is your chance to join other Coloradans to learn the latest information and help chart the path to protecting and strengthening Fair Housing rights. Register now at tinyurl.com… Or on the DMFHC website www.dmfhc.org. Keynote speaker Lisa Rice is President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance.(NFHA) Lisa directs NFHA's mission to eliminate all forms of housing discrimination and ensure equitable housing opportunities for all people and communities. NFHA leads the fair housing movement and is the trade association for over 170 member organizations throughout the country. Click here to see the full conference program that features opportunities for you to speak with expert panelists on: • Homeowners: Current Fair Housing Challenges / Solutions • Immigrant Renters and Fair Housing: The Way Forward - National Origin Protected Class Enjoy the smooth jazz stylings of guitarist Gregory Goodloe at the complimentary continental breakfast. And don’t miss the special appearance by the award-winning Native American writer and musician Rose Red Elk. Sponsors: DMFHC extends its sincere thanks to our platinum and gold level sponsors who make this conference possible:  Metropolitan State University, Colorado Finance Housing Authority (CHFA), the Denver Agency for Human Rights and Community Partnerships, Brothers Redevelopment, Butler Snow PC, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Colorado Realtors Association, Denver Metro Association of Realtors, Denver Office of Housing Stability (HOST), First Bank, NEWSED Community Development Corporation, and Northeast Denver Housing Center, Inc. For more information, contact John Paul Marosy, outreach and education coordinator, at jpmarosy@dmfhc.org. lp.constantcontactpages.com…

(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.

Music Department students Sabrina Lalinde Fischer, clarinet and Quinn Rubin, violin perform a junior recital with special guests.  This event is free and open to the public. Free parking in the 7th Street garage with voucher code on program.

(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.

Music Department student Jaeden Rooker, tuba performs a senior recital with special guests.  This event is free and open to the public. Free parking in the 7th Street garage with voucher code on program.

(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.

This event showcases research projects and creative works by undergraduate students in all disciplines across campus through oral and poster presentations. Keynote Lunch at 11:30 Speaker: Dr. Brandon Obgunu, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale and Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. The Panorama: Proteins, Pathogens, and Science in Peril Dr. Ogbunu will discuss various projects that examine the forces the dictate disease dynamics, including protein evolution and mathematical epidemiology. Lastly, he will discuss his work at the intersection between science and culture.

(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.