by David Bender 2015, A Face in the Crowd hosted by David Bender 2016, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans hosted by the critic Howie Movshovitz 2017, Rushmore hosted by Josh Larsen 2018, Mad Max: Fury Road hosted by Josh Larsen 2019, WALL-E hosted by Josh Larsen. Larsen also showed Charlie Chaplin's short The Rink and clips from Hello, Dolly! and 2001: A Space Odyssey 2020 No conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021, Lover's Rock, hosted virtually by Josh Larsen 2022, Jaws, hosted in person by Josh Larsen. Larsen showed clips from Creature From the Black Lagoon and The Spirit of Saint Louis Jazz Concert One of the signature events is a free jazz concert featuring performers from around the world. Past performers have included vocalist Cyrille Aimée, bassist Bijoux Barbosa, pianist Henry Butler, trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Brad Goode and saxophonist Ernie Watts. In his memoir Life Itself, Ebert concludes his chapter on the conference with a description of the 2009 concert:"Every year there is a jazz concert featuring world-class professional musician, performing for free, convened by the Grusin brothers, Dave and Don. I have heard a set of bongo drums played by Rony Barrak more rapidly and with more precision than I have ever heard before. I heard the flautist Nestor Torres playing Bach with all his heart and then segueing into Latin jazz with songs he composed especially for the conference. During one song, the charismatic jazz vocalist Lillian Boutté, from Germany out of New Orleans, was so happy that people started dancing in the aisles. People, from my knowledge, from sixteen to eighty...They were feeling elevation. They weren't smiling. They were grinning like kids. On the stage, the musicians were grinning, too. There was a happiness storm in old Macky Auditorium. After all their paid gigs in studio recording sessions, how often do fourteen gifted improvisational jazz and Latin artists get together to jam together just for fun? All free, all open to the public." In the past, there have been master classes and jam sessions featuring musicians visiting the CWA for the jazz concert and students in the University's Thompson Jazz Studies Program. The 2021 CWA Jazz Concert was hosted virtually and can be viewed on YouTube. References External links Roger Ebert on CWA 2009 Conference on World Affairs Audio Archive. University Archives, University of Colorado Boulder How People in Boulder Build Community out of