A monsoon of Monson
Ander Monson is a busy man. He’s an accomplished novelist and poet, he’s the editor of literary magazines DIAGRAM and the New Michigan Press, and he teaches at Grand Valley State University. Whew! He must be able to bend space/time, because he’s coming to campus for a public reading Wednesday night, March 5, at 6 in St. Cajetan’s, then delivering a craft lecture on Thursday night, March 6, at ??? and then wrapping his visit up by playing man of honor at the Copper Nickel release party Friday, March 7, at Matter Studios (2132 Market Street).

Speaking of The Sugar Babies...
If you’re unable to catch Amy Serranto at Thursday night’s screening of The Sugar Babies (5 Cool Things #5), make sure you catch her earlier that day, March 6, as she delivers this year’s Women’s History Month Keynote address: “Women’s Leadership in Times of Hope, Courage, and Justice.” Serrano will draw from her work as a poet, cinematographer, producer, and filmmaker as well as her lifelong passion for human rights. Talk is free and open to the public; begins at 1 p.m. in St. Cajetans on the Auraria campus.

Hear them roar
Women’s History Month hits full stride this Friday, March 7. From 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m. pop into the Tivoli Turnhalle for the campus’s annual Women’s Leadership Conference. This year’s theme covers “Women’s Art; Women’s Vision” and will celebrate painting, sculpture, pottery, media, filmmaking, and more. Registration is required for the event, but for your trouble, a light breakfast and lunch will be served. For more information contact the UCD Office of Student Life (303) 556-3399.

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Write right
Join the UCD Writing Center (NC 1204) on Wednesday, March 12 ,from 12 noon to 2 for their free workshop, “Personal Statements & Scholarship Essays.” Learn how to effectively massage verbs, un-dangle modifiers, and tighten prose to the point of perfection—or at least close to it. A light lunch will be served, but you need to make reservations in advance or you go hungry. Call (303) 556-4845 or write Justi.Bain@cudenver.edu to reserve your spot today.

How [un]sweet is this?
Filmmaker Amy Serran will appear this Thursday, March 6 at the Starz FilmCenter for a screening of her 2007 documentary about the moral price of keeping our coffee sweet. The Sugar Babies explores without flinching the alleged human trafficking taking place today in the sugarcane fields of the Dominican Republic. Film shows from 7–9 p.m.; a discussion and Q&A with Serranto will follow.