Happy New Year everyone!

It is time for another Drinking Skeptically.

Swing on by and join Drinking Skeptically for some good Irish pub food, drinks, and great conversations. We will be meeting at Jack Quinn's Irish Alehouse. Ask the front desk hostess to find out where are table is. Usually it is the one in the back.

There is dollar parking at the Plaza of the Rockies, which is one block south from the pub.

Everyone is welcome even if you do not drink.

Please RSVP here or at the Colorado Springs Skeptics Meetup on Meetup.com.

Jack Quinn's Irish Ale House

21 S Tejon St
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719.385.0766

The Colorado Springs Skeptics Meetup is having their first monthly meeting for 2009. This month will include a special presentation by John R. on the "Art of Cold Reading." What is Cold Reading? It is the methods used by psychics and mentalists to convince total strangers that they know private details about them or their loved ones. Due to the meeting room capacity, this meeting is limited to 20 people. To sign-up please register here.

Location: Old Colorado City Library
Room: Old Colorado City Meeting Room

Freethinkers of Colorado Springs
Membership Meeting
7:00 to 9:00 PM  at 315 East Costilla in Colorado Springs
Electromagnetic Compatibility
by Gus Freyer

(This is for informational purposes only, and is not an official FTCS event.)

Multidisciplinary scholar Betty Smocovitis, who holds joint appointments in history and zoology at the University of Florida, kicks off the Year of Darwin celebration with “Singing His Praises: Darwin and His Theory in Song and Musical Production,” a multimedia lecture featuring music and slides. In anticipation of February’s 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origins of the Species," Smocovitis will lecture on Darwin, his theory and its expression in popular culture in general and American culture in particular. She will explore a number of issues in the history of evolution pertaining to controversies surrounding Darwin and his theory, all in a lighthearted and engaging manner. Smocovitis comes to CC as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. Her research focuses on the history, philosophy and sociology of the 20th-century biological sciences, especially evolutionary biology, systematics, ecology and genetics, as well as the history of American botany. Sponsored by the Beta of Colorado chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, CC's departments of Philosophy, Biology, History, Sociology, and Music, the Office of the Dean and the Crown Faculty Center.

Location: South Theatre, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave.
Ticket: Free

Hi Hiking Freethinkers,

The hike this Sunday, February 1st has been cancelled. The weather forecast is not very good for Sunday and Georgianne and I are no longer available for a hike on Saturday.

Rich (594-4506)

February 6 is the registration deadline for the Parenting Beyond Belief seminar scheduled for March 1, 2009. 

The Free Thought Free Kids group of Colorado Springs will be hosting a Science Matters party entitled "Extreme Electricity" on February 8, from 1-3 pm.  There will be an exciting (and safe) demonstration as well as hands-on projects for all ages.  We will be hosting this party at the GILL Foundation, 315 E. Costilla St., 80903.