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Date Event Description Photos
April 17, 2008 Stegner Award
Sandra Day O'Connor
March 19, 2008 Modern Indian Identity
Featuring: Robert Mirabal
Robert Mirabal
February 28, 2008 Film Screening and Conversation
Joe Brown's Film: "National Sacrifice Zone"
Oil tower during sunset
February 7, 2008 Living Beyond Lament: Rethinking George Catlin's Vanishing America featuring Professor John Hausdoerffer a painting by George Catlin
November 7, 2007 Words to Stir the Soul: Public Servants. Hosted by Mayor John Hickenlooper Mayor John Hickenlooper
October 25, 2007 Modern Indian Identity featuring Eva Marie Garroutte Eva Marie Garroutte
September 27, 2007 Wallace Stegner Award Presented to Ivan Doig Author Ivan Doig
April 26, 2007 Book Release: Professor William Travis and New Geographies of the American West Photo of William Travis
April 16, 2007 Modern Indian Identity Series with Phil Deloria Photo of Phil Deloria
March 12, 2007 The Randy Jones Lecture Series with Richard West Sellars Photo of Richard Sellars
November 29, 2006 2006 Distinguished Lecture with Annie Proulx Photo of Annie Proulx
November 2, 2006 2006 Wallace Stegner Award with John Echohawk and Billy Frank Jr. Stegner award winners Billy Frank Jr. and John Echohawk
October 20, 2006 Center of the American West's 20th Anniversary Gala Ball Photo of Gala Ball
October 9, 2006 Celebration of the Centennial of the Antiquities Act landscape
September 5, 2006 Words to Stir the Soul Photo of Words.
August 14, 2006 Tonight! Buffalo Bill! Photo of Buffalo Bill.
July 25, 2006 Harry Lewis: Excellence Without a Soul Photo of Harry Lewis.
June 19, 2006 Greg Franta: Green Building Practices Photo of Greg Franta.
June 12, 2006 Mark Trahant: Modern Indian Identity Mark Trahant.
May 22, 2006 Rebecca Watson: Current Administration Energy Policies and Public Policy Rebecca Watson
May 15, 2006 Willett Kempton: Preventing Climate Catastrophe: How, When, and How much to Cut CO2? Photo of Willett Kempton.
May 14, 2006 Jubilate! Sacred Singers and Cowboy Poetry with Dr. George Russell Photo of Jubilate.
April 20, 2006 Secretaries Watt and Udall Visit in Historic Meeting Former Secretaries of the Interior Stewart Udall and James Watt
March 22, 2006 David Wrobel: Partnerships for the Future Built on the Past: How Professors and K-12 Teachers Together Can Revive the Study of History Photo of David Wrobel
February 20, 2006 Elliot West: Reflecting on The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado Photo of Elliot West
February 4, 2006 Re-Release of Legacy of Conquest Richard White Interviews Patty Limerick Photo of Legacy of Conquest
January 19, 2006 Secretaries of the Interior Series: Secretary Don Hodel Photo of Secretary Hodel
January 9, 2006 The Worst Hard Time A Book Discussion with Author Timothy Egan Photo of The Worst Hard Time
November 21, 2005 Comeback Wolves An Evening with Pam Houston, Laura Pritchett, and Gary Wockner Photo of Come back Wolves
November 2, 2005 Wallace Stegner Award Presented to Terry Tempest Williams Photo of Terry Tempest Williams
October 25, 2005 Talk with Louis Warren, Author of Buffalo Bill's America Photo of Buffalo Bill
September 28, 2005 Reflecting on the First Decade of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Photo Grand Staircase-Escalante
September 23, 2005 Former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt Photo of Cities in the Wildnerness Book cover
September 6, 2005 Words to Stir the Soul - Boulder 12 Books - 1 Boulder Photo of American West
September 1, 2005 Words to Stir the Soul - Denver Scholars and Civil Servants Photo of American West
April 28, 2005 The Sixth Annual Thompson Awards for Western American Writing very tiny Writing Awards winners of 2005