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Imagine this: You’re hanging out in your dorm, perhaps on a snowy day, with your homework finished. Maybe your roommate is out of town. You don’t have any club events or classes scheduled, and you’re sitting on your bed staring at your phone. You are bored with a capital B.

You might not know it, but there are dozens of ways to entertain yourself right on campus. From galleries to performances and athletics events, there’s no shortage of exhibits and events to make you laugh, make you think or make you cheer.Ìý

Read on for our selection of the top spots to find entertainment on DU’s campus.

Galleries & Exhibitions

The Vicki Myhren Gallery is the principal exhibition venue for visual art at DU, hosting a rotating slate of both student and professional exhibits every year.Ìý

The Vicki Myhren Gallery, located at 2121 E. Asbury Ave., is open Tuesday-Sunday 12 p.m.-5 p.m.

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The Davis Gallery, part of the Vicki Myhren Gallery, is a student-run space for community creative projects. Each academic year, two DU graduate students are selected to coordinate, install and assist with curating a calendar of rotating exhibitions.

The Davis Gallery, located within the Vicki Myhren Gallery at 2121 E. Asbury Ave., is open Tuesday-Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

DU’s Museum of Anthropology, home to more than 100,000 anthropological artifacts and objects, hosts exhibits curated by faculty, students and community partners. The varied exhibits on display include the E.B. Renaud Collection, which holds Renaud's archaeological collections and field notes from excavations in the mountain West and southern United States.

The Museum of Anthropology’s gallery, located at 2000 E. Asbury Ave in room 146, is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Curious art enthusiasts will have to venture off campus to find the Madden Museum of Art, located at 6363 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle in Greenwood Village. The Madden Collection was a 2016 gift to the University from John W. Madden, Jr., developer of the Fiddler's Green campus, and includes artworks by artists ranging from pioneering Western painters Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran to American masters Thomas Hart Benton and Robert Rauschenberg.

The Madden Museum of Art is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Each floor of the Anderson Academic Commons hosts a number of different exhibitions that change almost every quarter. These include fine art installations; student-curated shows; displays of faculty, student and staff scholarship; and exhibitions curated from Special Collections & Archives and the Beck Archives.

The DU Libraries welcomes ideas for exhibits. Those interested in suggesting an exhibit should read through the exhibition policies before .

DU Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives include the , the , , and more.

The collections, located on the lower level of the Anderson Academic Commons, are open to walk-ins, but it is strongly recommended that visitors make an appointment to view them, as the majority of the materials are stored off-site and sometimes require up to a week to retrieve.

During the academic year, the Reading Room is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Athletics

DU is home to 17 NCAA athletic teams: men’s and women’s basketball; men’s and women’s golf; women’s gymnastics; men’s hockey; men’s and women’s lacrosse; skiing; men’s and women’s soccer; men’s and women’s swimming and diving; men’s and women’s tennis; women’s triathlon; and women’s volleyball.

There are athletics events going on all year, from volleyball in the fall to hockey in the winter and spring. Students can find free tickets to sporting events—which are free for all sports excluding hockey—, as well as a composite schedule of all DU sports .

Theatre

Each quarter, DU’s Department of Theatre puts on two productions, collaborating with professional guest artists who bring their outside expertise and experience to help students grow creatively.

Shows are performed at DU's JMAC Studios, Byron Flexible Theatre and Byron Studio. In the spring quarter, the department puts on the Short Play Festival, which features one-act plays directed by graduating theatre majors.

You can find DU Theatre’s performance schedule .

The Newman Center Presents

The Newman Center for the Performing Arts is one of the nation’s most acclaimed university performing arts centers, hosting a rotating cast of multidisciplinary local, national and international performing artists.

At the core of the Newman Center's programming is Newman Center Presents, a professional arts series, showcasing renowned artists and new voices from around the world.Ìý

You can find a comprehensive schedule of events held at the Newman Center .

Music

All year, Lamont School of Music students, faculty members and guest artists perform on the concert and recital hall stages of the Newman Center. As an audience member, you can select from 300 concerts and events each season featuring the repertoires of orchestras, choirs and jazz ensembles.

You can find a full schedule of Lamont School of Music performances .