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Arts & Culture
18
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22
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11
Financial
7
Geopolitical
23
Health & Wellness
10
Hot Topics
36
Science and Technology
1
Speaking Locally
18
Special Event
8
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10
Financial
2021
The Other Side of Chaos: Forecasting the Economic Environment
4/11/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Poverty and Protest: Wes Moore’s Work to Alleviate Poverty and Explain Racial Justice Protests
4/8/21
5 PM - 6 PM
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Health & Wellness
2021
Dirty Tricksters: How Viruses Evade The Immune System
4/1/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Speaking Locally
2021
Economic Outlook for 2021 and Beyond: How Long is the Road to Recovery?
3/25/21
9 AM - 10 AM
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Hot Topics
2021
Covert Affairs: Uncovering Intelligence Challenges for the Biden Administration
3/18/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Domestic Dispute: Policing and Police Reform in America
3/11/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Geopolitical
2021
Angela the Almost-Great? An Examination of German Chancellor Merkel’s Legacy
3/4/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Consciousness
2021
Hands-on Healing: The Curative Potential of Energy
2/25/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Behind the Lens: The Story Behind the Story
2/18/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Geopolitical
2021
The Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
2/11/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Clap On: Navigating the Energy Transition
2/4/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Active Measures: The Russian Effort to Undermine America
1/28/21
11 AM - 12 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Film Discussion: “They Say It Can’t Be Done”
1/21/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Consciousness
2021
Into the Light: Trading Fear for Grace
1/14/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2020
Value Proposition: The Future of Higher Education
1/7/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Arts & Culture
2020
Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience
11/23/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Arts & Culture
2020
Much Ado About Custer: Rethinking the “Indian Wars”
9/28/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Arts & Culture
2020
Maya People and Maya Pasts
9/24/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Arts & Culture
2020
Imagining Freedom: Timothy Standring Curates Norman Rockwell
3/16/20
6 PM
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Arts & Culture
2019
Return to the Reich: A Hero’s Journey of Vengeance and Triumph
12/29/19
6 PM
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Arts & Culture
2019
An Evening of Colorado Ranching—History and Art
9/9/19
6 PM
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Arts & Culture
2019
“Tosca”: Meet the Director and Cast Member
7/12/19
12 PM
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Arts & Culture
2019
An Opera Conductor’s Guide to “Tosca”
7/10/19
1 PM
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Arts & Culture
2019
Puccini’s “Tosca”: An Immersive Introduction
6/24/19
6 PM
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Arts & Culture
2018
“Rembrandt: Painter as Printmaker” Pulling Together the Exhibition
8/20/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Arts & Culture
2018
Art, a Matter of Mind
8/15/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Arts & Culture
2018
Thursday Night Live with SNL’s Don Roy King
2/22/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Arts & Culture
2017
Making the Crooked Straight: Creating Medical Miracles in Ethiopia
12/7/17
6 AM
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Arts & Culture
2017
Summer Film Series: “Third Eye Spies”
8/30/17
7 AM
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Arts & Culture
2017
Summer Film Series: An Evening of Shorts
8/23/17
7 AM
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Consciousness
2021
Hands-on Healing: The Curative Potential of Energy
2/25/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Consciousness
2021
Into the Light: Trading Fear for Grace
1/14/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Consciousness
2020
The Power of Three Types of Light: Healing, Balance and Spiritual Awareness
10/1/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Consciousness
2020
The Scientific Resurrection of Esoteric Magic
5/21/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Consciousness
2020
Out of this World: Everything You Think You Know About UFOs is Wrong
4/6/20
6 PM
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Consciousness
2020
Open to the Infinite: Exploring Human Consciousness
2/12/20
6 PM
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Consciousness
2019
Workshop: Finding Your Answers
9/24/19
6 PM
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Consciousness
2019
Finding Friendship and Healing in the Aftermath of Near-Death Experiences
9/23/19
6 PM
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Consciousness
2019
Stressed Is Desserts Spelled Backwards
9/4/19
6 PM
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Consciousness
2019
Dying Well: Doing Death Right and the Comfort of End of Life Visions
6/6/19
6 PM
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Consciousness
2019
Life Before Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives
3/14/19
6 AM
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Consciousness
2019
The Energy Codes®: Awaken Your Spirit, Heal Your Body and Live Your Best Life
2/6/19
6 PM - 7 PM
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Consciousness
2018
Orbs and the Afterlife: Survival of the Soul
10/11/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Consciousness
2018
Inside House of Darkness, House of Light: The Real Story of “The Conjuring”
10/10/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Consciousness
2018
Workshop: An Evening of Interdimensional Communication
8/3/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Environmental Awareness
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Geopolitical
2021
Tensions Rising: Climate Change and National Security
12/15/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Environmental Awareness
2020
Film Screening: “Kiss the Ground”
12/3/20
5 PM - 7 PM
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Environmental Awareness
,
Speaking Locally
2020
Howl: The Reintroduction of the Grey Wolf to Colorado
10/8/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Environmental Awareness
2020
What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want To Be?
9/10/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Environmental Awareness
2020
Feeding 10 Billion by 2050: Innovative Technology and Thinking to Meet the Global Challenge
9/3/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Environmental Awareness
2020
Wind, Solar, Nuclear and Beyond: Powering the Future
2/24/20
6 PM
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Environmental Awareness
2019
Will Feeding People Kill the Planet? More on the Future of Food
8/8/19
6 PM
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Environmental Awareness
2018
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2019
The Future of Food: The Impact of Food on the Health of the Planet and Humankind
3/4/19
6 AM
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Environmental Awareness
2019
“The Human Element” Film Screening
1/28/19
6 PM - 7 AM
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Environmental Awareness
2018
Enviromedics: Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
9/20/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Environmental Awareness
2018
Film Screening: Chasing Coral
1/11/18
6 AM
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Financial
2021
The Other Side of Chaos: Forecasting the Economic Environment
4/11/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Financial
2020
After the Virus: Emerging From Economic Catastrophe and Charting a Course Forward
8/20/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Financial
2020
Tax Cuts and Ballooning Deficits: When Will It Matter?
3/5/20
6 PM
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Financial
2019
Politics and the U.S. Economy
2/28/19
6 AM
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Financial
2018
Show Me the Money: Understanding the Role of Money in Our Economy
3/1/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Financial
2018
Ensuring the Upper Hand: Best Practices for Negotiations
1/31/18
8 AM
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Financial
2017
Bitcoin and the Rise of Digital Currency
12/28/17
6 AM
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Geopolitical
2021
Angela the Almost-Great? An Examination of German Chancellor Merkel’s Legacy
3/4/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Geopolitical
2021
The Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
2/11/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Environmental Awareness
,
Geopolitical
2021
Tensions Rising: Climate Change and National Security
12/15/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Geopolitical
2020
Russia: Old Foe, New Nemesis
9/17/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Geopolitical
2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Emerging Sino-U.S. Rivalry
8/13/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Geopolitical
2020
Going Nuclear: Proliferation in North Korea and Iran
8/6/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Geopolitical
2020
Globalization: Opting Out is Not an Option
6/25/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Geopolitical
2020
Bad Blood: Ukraine, Russia and the United States
3/12/20
6 PM
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Geopolitical
2020
Iran in Turmoil? Prospects for Change
1/13/20
6 PM
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Geopolitical
2019
An Evening with the Ambassadors: A Geopolitical Conversation with Ambassadors Hussain Haqqani and Christopher Hill
9/16/19
6 PM
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Geopolitical
2019
Leapfrogging into the Future – The Digital Revolution in India
8/15/19
6 PM
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Geopolitical
2019
Brexit Bedlam: What It Means for Britain and the World
7/22/19
6 PM
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Geopolitical
2019
Global Regression: Democracy in Crisis
7/15/19
6 PM
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Geopolitical
2019
Dirty Money – How Corrosive Capital Undermines Democracy
6/27/19
6 PM
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Geopolitical
2019
The Rise of Asia in the 21st Century: What It Means for the United States
1/24/19
6 AM
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Health & Wellness
2021
Dirty Tricksters: How Viruses Evade The Immune System
4/1/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Health & Wellness
2020
The Little Fungi That Could: The Big Promise of a Small Mushroom
8/27/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Health & Wellness
2020
Flying, Falling and Public Nudity: The Science Behind Your Dreams And Nightmares
4/30/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Health & Wellness
2020
While You Are Sleeping: Your Brain’s Nocturnal Pursuits
2/20/20
6 PM
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Health & Wellness
2019
Alzheimer’s Enigma: New Insights Into An Old Foe
8/19/19
6 PM
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Health & Wellness
2019
Your Body on Meditation: The Science Behind the Health Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation
2/21/19
6 PM - 7 PM
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Health & Wellness
2019
Increased Productivity and Decreased Stress: Achieve Better Life Balance Through Time Management
1/9/19
9 AM - 10 AM
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Health & Wellness
2018
Palliative Care and Medical Aid in Dying: Putting the Person First at the End of Life
12/6/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Health & Wellness
2018
The Health of America: Health Care Policy, the ACA and the Opioid Crisis
7/12/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Health & Wellness
2018
Life After Cancer: How to Not Only Manage, But Thrive
6/3/18
9 AM - 10 AM
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Hot Topics
2021
Poverty and Protest: Wes Moore’s Work to Alleviate Poverty and Explain Racial Justice Protests
4/8/21
5 PM - 6 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Covert Affairs: Uncovering Intelligence Challenges for the Biden Administration
3/18/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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»
Hot Topics
2021
Domestic Dispute: Policing and Police Reform in America
3/11/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Behind the Lens: The Story Behind the Story
2/18/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Clap On: Navigating the Energy Transition
2/4/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Active Measures: The Russian Effort to Undermine America
1/28/21
11 AM - 12 PM
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Hot Topics
2021
Film Discussion: “They Say It Can’t Be Done”
1/21/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2020
Value Proposition: The Future of Higher Education
1/7/21
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2020
Post-Brexit: Now What?
7/23/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2020
Senseless or Smart? Cultivating Better Risk Perception
7/9/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2020
How Ideas Happen
6/18/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2020
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
6/9/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2020
Power to the States: The Role of Governors During the COVID-19 Crisis
6/4/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2020
Batter Up: Baseball and the American Dream
5/28/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Hot Topics
2020
4 Non-Obvious Megatrends That Matter Since the Pandemic (And How To Use Them)
5/14/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Science and Technology
2017
The Final Frontier: The Present and Future of Space Exploration
9/14/17
5 AM
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Speaking Locally
2021
Economic Outlook for 2021 and Beyond: How Long is the Road to Recovery?
3/25/21
9 AM - 10 AM
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Speaking Locally
2020
The State of the Valley
10/22/20
9 AM - 10 AM
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Environmental Awareness
,
Speaking Locally
2020
Howl: The Reintroduction of the Grey Wolf to Colorado
10/8/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Speaking Locally
2020
The Business of Connection: Skills to Cultivate Thriving Relationships in the Workplace
6/11/20
9 AM - 10 AM
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Speaking Locally
2020
The Costs of Miscommunication and Strategies for Effective Communication
4/9/20
9 AM
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Speaking Locally
2020
Beating Burnout: Using Inspiration and Empowerment to Foster Successful Organizations
1/23/20
8 AM
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Speaking Locally
2019
Tabor and Gallagher: Power to the People or Fiscal Stranglehold?
10/3/19
6 PM
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Speaking Locally
2019
Healing What Ails Us: Affordable Healthcare In Our Community
6/13/19
8 AM
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Speaking Locally
2019
TEDxYouth@Vail – Rise Up
4/13/19
2 AM
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Speaking Locally
2019
Immigration, Locally: How to Protect Your Business and Advocate for Workers
4/9/19
6 AM
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Speaking Locally
2018
The State of the Valley
11/7/18
9 AM - 10 AM
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Speaking Locally
2018
Land Conservation vs Development: What Will Be Our Legacy?
10/18/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Speaking Locally
2018
The Law of the Colorado River: Conflict and Collaboration
10/3/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Speaking Locally
2018
Rocky Roads or Smooth Sailing? A Discussion on the State of Transportation in Colorado
9/11/18
9 AM - 10 AM
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Speaking Locally
2018
How the Railroads Built Colorado
6/13/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Special Event
2020
“Battlegrounds”: An Evening with Lt. General (ret.) H.R. McMaster
12/7/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Special Event
2020
Thomas Jefferson: Explore an Extraordinary, Controversial Legacy
7/2/20
6 PM - 7 PM
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Special Event
2019
West of the Imagination: Time Travel to 1869 with Explorer John Wesley Powell
6/17/19
6 AM
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Special Event
2019
The Journey Home: Celebrating the Resiliency of the Human Spirit with the Vail Veterans Program
3/21/19
6 AM
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Special Event
2018
An Evening with Governor Hickenlooper
12/26/18
5 AM
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Special Event
2018
TEDxVail 2018: }yes{.
2/10/18
1 AM
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Special Event
2017
TEDxVailWomenLive
11/3/17
10 AM
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Special Event
2017
Educate! 2017 Equity and Deeper Learning
11/2/17
5 AM
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Unlimited Adventure
2020
The Sun is a Compass: A Human-Powered Adventure Across Alaska
2/6/20
6 PM
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Unlimited Adventure
2020
“Into the Canyon”: Film screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker
1/27/20
7 PM
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Unlimited Adventure
2020
Uncommon Endurance: Two Elite Athletes in Two Tough Sports
1/16/20
6 PM
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Unlimited Adventure
2019
Mo in the Mountains
1/31/19
6 PM - 7 PM
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Unlimited Adventure
2019
In Deep: Bill Steele’s Journey to the Hidden World Beneath Our Feet
1/10/19
6 PM - 7 PM
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Unlimited Adventure
2018
Chasing Denali: The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds Behind the Most Unbelievable Feat in Mountaineering
12/10/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Unlimited Adventure
2018
Adventurers Giving Back
3/8/18
6 PM - 7 PM
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Unlimited Adventure
2018
The Push: A Climber’s Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits
1/17/18
6 AM
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Unlimited Adventure
2017
What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
12/14/17
6 AM
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Unlimited Adventure
2017
Exploring Colorado’s Wintery World: a Photographic Journey
12/11/17
6 AM
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