Divided Comedy TourIan Harris and Ty Barnett
March 23, 20177:30 PMStargazers Theater 10 South Parkside Drive
 
 
A black guy and a white guy walk into a theater…

Ty Barnett (Last Comic Standing, Tonight Show) and Ian Harris (Hulu Special, Jimmy Kimmel Live) are two of the smartest, most hilarious comedians working a stage anywhere. Two nationally touring headlining comedians, approaching life from very different perspectives come together in this uniquely irreverent, double headliner show that promises to unite audiences through laughter while pontificating on race, religion, parenting, relationships, politics, and other things that often keep us… "divided.”

Ghost Hunters?
March 236:30 PMPPLD Cheyenne Mountain 1785 South 8th Street
 
 

Come see Lance Burton’s documentary on two of the most interesting celebrities of the early 20th Century.

Lawrence Krauss - “The Greatest Story Ever Told So Far”
March 26, 2:15 PM
PPLD Monument Library1706 Lake Woodmoor DriveMonument, Colorado

Professor Lawrence Krauss will be streamed live on the day of the event.

Join Michael Shermer in conversation with Dr. Lawrence Krauss, the internationally renowned, award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of "The Greatest Story Ever Told - So Far".  

Freethinkers Bowl
Wednesday March 29, 6:00pmPeak Bowl2861 North Prospect Street
 
How about bowling?

Discovery Channel's Doing da Vinci 
First Episode: April 2 at 1:15 PMSecond Episode: Wednesday April 5, 6:15 PMPPLD Library 211175 Chapel Hills Drive Room B6

A different look at the Renaissance

A painter extraordinaire, Leonardo da Vinci was also a successful architect and engineer, and his drawings of military weapons have been studied for hundreds of years. Now, in this six-part series on the Discovery Channel , a team of builders, engineers and historians attempt to build these weapons, including a futuristic armored tank and a scythe chariot, using materials that were available only during da Vinci's time.

Science on Tap: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
 
Monday April 10th
2017 6:00 PM
Jack Quinn's Irish Pub and Restaurant
21 South Tejon (map)
 
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus that causes HIV infection and over time, acqired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The CDC estimates there are approximately 37 million people worldwide currently living with HIV. Since its discovery in 1983, HIV has been rigorously studied with many potential therapeutics and vaccines being designed and tested. There are therapeutics targeting nearly every life cycle stage of the virus. Current vaccine trials against HIV have achieved an efficacy of approximately 30%, too low for a viable vaccine. Dr. James M Kovacs will outline a vaccine approach that he has pioneered, specifically a phase two efficacy clinical trial.

 
Ecological Consciousness and Climate ChangeAsoka Bandarage Ph.D.
 
Thursday, April 13, 2017 4:00-6:00 pmSlocum Commons130 E. Cache La Poudre Street
 
Asoka Bandarage, Ph.D. is a visiting Professor at Colorado College, and participant in several recent Freethinker events. She will present a lecture on the political-economic causes of the climate crisis, impacts on populations and the philosophical shift need to bring about ecological consciousness as well as a socioeconomic system based on interdependence and partnership. It will address contemporary social movements, particularly those arising out of the global south, that are leading efforts toward social justice and ecological sustainability.
 

Asoka Bandarage, author of the book, Sustainability and Well Being: The Middle Path to Environment, Society and the Economy.