ΦΒΚ Alpha Association Events

In lieu of an evening banquet, the Alpha Association will be hosting a lunch on the afternoon of Saturday, April 29, 2023, at the Denver Athletic Club from 1 to 4 pm. The speaker will be Andy Dunning, who has a Ph.D. in philosophy and ethics. The cost of the plated lunch will be $40, and invitations, along with the menu, will be sent out by the end of March. Please plan to join your fellow Phi Betes and guests for this get together.

The Alpha Association’s Key Connections event for 2022 was at the Bierstadt Lagerhaus Bierhalle

The Alpha Association’s 2022 annual meeting to review the past year’s events and to elect officers for the coming year was held at the University of Denver’s Community Commons, Fourth Floor West room. After lunch DU Professor of  Musicology, Jack Sheinbaum, spoke about Good Music: What It Is and Who Gets to Decide, his book that was published in 2019 by the University of Chicago Press.

PBK members and guests had a tour and wine tasting at Balistreri Vineyards, which winemaker John Balistreri and his family started in 1998. Since then, they’ve built a strong community in Colorado and beyond that’s passionate about Natural Balistreri Wines. Most of the grapes they use are grown in Colorado, so they are an authentic Colorado winery.

The Alpha Association’s annual banquet was held at Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant in Englewood. Professor Thomas Zeiler from the University of Colorado Boulder spoke on “America through Baseball” — how the game has changed American history.

Book club participants discussed The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World , by Sarah Stewart Johnson, which won the 2021 Phi Beta Kappa book award in science.

Jeffrey Franklin read from his book of poems, Where We Lay Down.

The Alpha Association held its annual meeting to elect officers for the 2021-22 year. After a buffet lunch, Colorado’s poet laureate, Bobby LeFebre, spoke.