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Global Events Calendar (January-May 2008)

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January 2008

Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre? At the University Library Gallery. This exhibit features the work of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943), who grew up as the daughter of a surgeon and a singer in Berlin. The Nazi takeover in 1933 changed the family's situation drastically, and Charlotte Salomon escaped in 1939 to her grandparents, who had already sought refuge in Southern France. Hiding in Nice, Salomon created an unusual autobiography through more than 1300 paintings that were created within 18 months between 1940 and 1942. Salomon decided to include 769 in her work that she entitled "Leben? oder Theater?" In 1943, the Nazis deported her to Auschwitz, where she was murdered upon arrival. She was 26 years old. Before her arrest she gave her complete work to a friend reminding him: "Please keep this safe: C'est toute ma vie! This is my entire life!" Painting her life was Salomon's attempt to prolong it, and to stay sane in a world that had become monstrously insane. Salomon, her family and friends turn into "actors" on this imaginary stage, on which Salomon re-enacts her life story as a play. She paints, writes and sings her life (without ever referring to herself in first-person), and blends image, text, and music in her performance. Her work is structured like a theater play featuring a list of characters, prologue, main part, and epilogue. This artistic re-enactment of Salomon's life consists of paintings, often overlaid with a text or that include language as part of the painting. Some of the expressionistic images resemble cartoons or display a cinematographic quality, so that they can be viewed as a "filmstrip" of Salomon's memories. Many of the paintings are assigned a particular piece of music that is part of this unique autobiographical performance. This project is made possible, in part, by the Goethe-Institut San Francisco, Center for the Study of Holocaust and Genocide, SSU Department of Modern Languages and Literature, SSU German Club, Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust, and the University Library Associates. Tours in German for high school classes 707-664-2367.

January 29

Introduction to "Lost and Found: Living in a Post Holocaust World," the 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

January 31, February 1, and February 3

Sononma Film Institute features After Life - A diverse group of people arrive at a drafty institution where they are offered condolences on their recent deaths and told they must select a treasured memory which will be recreated on film and recollected for eternity. Shot in a semi-documentary style, without special effects, Afterlife is possibly the most convincing film ever made on the subject of the hereafter as well as a fascinating commentary on the link between movies and memory. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda (MABOROSI). (1999, 118 min., in Japanese w/English subtitles. Thursday, January 31 at 7:00 in Darwin 103, Friday, February 1 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall Sunday, February 3 at 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

February 2008

February 2

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Celebrating the wonderful world of Lieder. Carol Menke, soprano, Marilyn Thompson, pianist, and a special guest artist perform the works of Robert Schumann, Joseph Marx, Gabriel Faure, Federico Mompou, Olivier Messiaen, and the English songs of Robert Sheldon. Sonoma County Choral Society. 8 p.m, Saturday, February 2 at Ives Recital Hall. $10 general; $8 SSU FANS; $6 students/seniors. 4-2353 or see Sonoma County Choral Society. worth@sonoma.edu.

February 5

"Life is with People": Perspectives on Eastern European Jewish History and Culture - Lecture by Dr. Zachary Baker of Stanford University, part of the series "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

February 6

Life? or Theater? Introducing Charlotte SalomonLecture by Dr. Paula Birnbaum, University of San Francisco, Visual Arts Department. 11am, University Art Gallery, SSU.

February 7

Robert Train (ML&L) gives a talk entitled, Reducing Spanish on the Margins of Empire: A Historical Perspective on Ideologies and Ecologies of Language in Sonoma County, California, as part of the Arts & Humanities Research & Creative Works Forum. Schulz 3001, 12:05pm. Abstract: This talk offers a historical perspective on ideologies and ecologies surrounding the Spanish language in Sonoma County, California. The local context of Spanish language use in Sonoma County is framed in terms of a critical ecological perspective in which Spanish can be seen as fundamental to the emergence of world-systems characterized by the shifting recontextualization of ideologies, policies and practices in changing global, national, and local contexts. Special attention is given to the invention of ‘the Spanish language' by way of standardization, with its reductionist ideologies, practices and policies surrounding language, education and identity. The reduction of language and speakers is shown to be a key element in language education in California from the Spanish and Mexican imperial, national, and colonial projects of conquest and hegemony to contemporary globalization in which the United States currently plays an imperial role. In conclusion, it is suggested that Spanish language education would benefit from a critical decolonial, post-colonial, even post-postcolonial engagement with the ongoing legacies of ‘the Spanish language.'

February 10

The Enlightenment Moment — Dr. Bruce Elliot appears as the Marquis de Faux for an illuminating tour of French Court Society in Paris, 1750 at the height of the Enlightenment. 2-3:30 p.m., Sunday, February 10, Evert B. Person Theatre, Valentine Benefit for Sonoma State Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. $15. Public is welcome. 707.664.2691. belliott@sonic.net for details.

February 12

Klezmer Music Concert and Lecture, by Catskill Klezmorim (Oneonta, NY) as part of "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public concert & lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

February 14

Sonoma Film Institute presents Yeleen (Brightness) Souleymane Cisse's Yeleen evokes the ancient Bambara culture of Mali well before its 16th century invasion by Morocco. In this luminous film that is equal parts creation myth and Oedipal reality, a young man arrives at the crossroads between childhood and adulthood. As he begins to fathom the mysteries of nature - or komo, the science of the gods - his father cruelly prevents the son from deciphering the elements of the Bambara sacred rites. (1987, 105 min., in Bambara w/English subtitles). Thursday, February 14 at 7:00 in Darwin 103.

February 16

Bach Variations. Sonoma Baroque, directed by Michael Sand, teams up with soprano Ruth Escher to perform an all-Bach concert featuring Cantata 82 (‘Ich habe genug'), the Violin Concerto, and the Sinfonias. Concert Hall 119, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928. 707.664.2353 or see the Performing Arts site for details.

February 19

Holocaust Survivor Panel, with Hilde Catz, Hans Cohn AND Lillian Judd. A lecture in "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

February 21

Teed Rockwell (Philosophy) gives a talk/performance entitled, Playing Traditional Hindustani Music on a New Electric Instrument, as part of the Arts & Humanities Research & Creative Works Forum. 12:05 pm. Schulz 3001. Abstract: Teed Rockwell is the first person to play traditional Indian Classical Music on the Touchstyle Fretboard (AKA Chapman Stick or Warr Guitar). His studies began after years of playing American Jazz and Rock. He will discuss the difference and similarities in the approach towards improvisation in these three very different tradition, and conclude with a performance of an Alap/Jhor in a Hindustani Raga.

February 21 and 22

Sonoma Film Institute presents Ten Canoes. A big hit when we showed it last October, Ten Canoes is the first film shot in an Australian aboriginal language and is set in the Northern Territories long before the coming of the white man. Winner of a special jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival, director Rolf de Heer's weaves together a tale from the mystical past of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery and revenge gone wrong. It offers an unprecedented, and surprisingly funny, cinematic interpretation of the rich oral culture of the Ganalbingu people. (2006, 90 min.) Thursday, February 21 at 7:00 in Darwin 103 Friday, February 22 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

February 26

Living with Lions: Interspecific Competition in the Livies of Spotted Hyenas. A talk by Dr. Heather Watts of the SSU Biology Department, Darwin 103, noon.
MR. Stéphane Pétermann, assistant diplomé du centre de recherches at Lausanne University, will give a lecture on the Swiss author, traveller and photographer Nicolas Bouvier, as part of the Swiss Consulate's celebration of La Fete De La Francophonie. Rory McLean has called Bouvier, an enlightened world traveller, "Switzerland's answer to Jack Kerouac." Bouvier's work is at once intimate and real, concentrated on knowing the Other through personal and sometimes mystical experiences of a errant and vagabond soul. The lecture will take place at 3pm in Schulz 3001, and is open to the public. In conjunction with this lecture, the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures will be screening Mr. Bouvier's film Le Hibou et la Baleine; date and time TBA.
The Holocaust in Historical Context, a lecture by Dr. Stephen Bittner (History) for "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

February 28, 29 and March 2

Sonoma Film Institute presents Like Water for Chocolate (Como Agua Para Chocolate) Alphonzo Arau's 1992 ode to the power of cooking adapted by Laura Esquival from her book. Young Tita is doomed to remain unmarried to take care of her aging mother. She magically transforms her sorrows and passions and longings into her cooking. The charmed food has a different effect on each family member, depending on his or her nature-an unstated quality of food, and film. Don't see this movie on an empty stomach. (123 min., in Spanish w/English subtitles). Thursday, February 28 at 7:00 in Darwin 103 Friday, February 29 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall Sunday, March 2 at 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

March 2008

March 4

Becoming Evil, a lecture by James Waller (Whitworth College), for "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.
Morris Dees, Southern Poverty Law Center, speaks at SSU. Cooperage; 7:30pm-10pm.

March 5

Die Liebe mein Schatz, is Bodenlos/Love, My Darling, is Bottomless(1998). A film shown in German, with English subtitles. Schulz 2015 A/B; free and open to the public.

March 7 and 9

Sonoma Film Institute presents All in This Tea. Filmmaker Les Blank and Tea Guru David Lee Hoffman in Person Friday night only Join us for Tea Tasting beginning at 6:15 p.m on Friday Co-Sponsored by Many Rivers Books and Tea in Sebastopol "Tea importer David Lee Hoffman travels throughout China—sometimes on foot—in search of handcrafted premium teas. Directors Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht follow this adventurer as he discovers exquisite teas and attempts to overcome bureaucratic obstacles to buying tea directly from farmers. Hoffman is most interested in teas that have been handpicked and carefully dried and heated to create the fragrance, color and taste unique to each tea-maker. As he admires a cup of tea, he describes the care that went into picking each tea bud, then mourns the tea-makers who may not be around much longer. Tea experts discuss the history and tradition of tea drinking and its health benefits. After seeing this film, you'll never drink a cup of tea the same way again." - SFIFF (2006, 70 min.). Friday, March 7 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall , Sunday, March 9 at 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

March 10

The Role of Energy Efficiency in California's Efforts to Curb Global Warming, a talk by Devra Wang of the National Resources Defense Council, as part of the What Do Physicists Do? lecture series, held at 4pm in Darwin 103. Cookies and coffee in Darwin lobby at 3:30pm.

March 11

Visualizing Cultural Memory: The Legacy of Charlotte Salomon, a lecture by Dr. Paula Birnbaum, University of San Francisco as part of "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

March 13, 14, and 16

Sonoma Film Institute presents Alice. "Jan Svankmajer, the Czech master of animation has fulfilled a lifetime ambition in this personal interpretation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Svankmajer's ALICE remains true to the original, but bears the stamp of Svankmajer's own distinctive style and obsessions. Using the combined techniques of animation (puppets and objects) and live action (the young girl Alice) this classic tale of childhood fantasies acquires a new and fascinating dimension." - SFIFF (1988, 84 min.) ALICE will be preceded by Ladislaw Starewicz' 1934 puppet animation film THE MASCOT (26 min.). Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 in Darwin 103 Friday, March 14 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall Sunday, March 16 at 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

March 18

Jewish Women Partisans, a lecture by Mitch Braff, Executive Director, Jewish Partisan Education Foundation, as part of "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

March 19

Shall We Dance! – Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Shall We Dance! is the joyous theme of the Symphonic Wind Ensembles Italy Tour Kick-off Concert. The 10-day trip is sponsored by the Premiate Corpo Bandistico Concert Band of Monte Urano, Italy. The SSU band will mingle with their host band during the week of spring break and play four concerts in the unspoiled Marche region which lies on Italy's eastern side, between the Adriatic Sea and the high Apennine mountains. Ives Concert Hall 119, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 415.664.2353 or see the Performing Arts site for details. 4pm.

March 20 and 21

Sonoma Film Institute presents Wild Strawberries. One of Ingmar Bergman's major films, this is the widely acclaimed account of a doctor's journey through a compelling landscape of dream and memory. Traveling to receive an honorary degree, he is confronted with a series of haunting flashbacks and events that in a day's time reveals his very depths. Richly visual and startlingly dramatic, WILD STRAWBERRIES is a cinematic landmark. (1957, 90 min., in Swedish w/English subtitles). Thursday, March 20 at 7:00 in Darwin 103 Friday, March 21 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

April 2008

April 1

An Uncommon Friendship, a lecture by Dr. Fritz Tubach & Dr. Bernat Rosner as part of "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

April 3, 4 and 6

Sonoma Film Institute presents Eclipse. One of Michelangelo Antonioni's greatest films, deals with personal relationships in modern society, and the nature of solitude as man's accustomed state. Vittoria (Monica Vitti) breaks off her affair with Riccardo (Francisco Rabal), and shortly after drifts into another affair with her mother's handsome young stockbroker, Pierre (Alain Delon). (1962, 125 mins., in Italian w/English subtitles). Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 in Darwin 103 Friday, April 4 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall Sunday, April 6 at 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

April 7

Dr. Inez Fung, atmospheric scientist at UC-Berkeley, will speak on Global Warming as part of the What Do Physicists Do? lecture series, held at 4pm in Darwin 103. Cookies and coffee in Darwin lobby at 3:30pm.

April 8

Why are Global Population Declines Concentrated in the Mountains? A talk by Dr. Carlos Davidson of the SSU Environmental Studies Program, Darwin 103, noon.
Perspectives on the Holocaust in the 21st Century, a lecture by Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Director, Sigi Ziering Institute, American Jewish University. The Robert L. Harris Memorial, featured in "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

April 10 and 11

Sonoma Film Institute presents The Magic Flute. Ingmar Bergman's luscious adaptation of the Mozart opera. "Bergman has found the heart and soul of The Magic Flute and put it on film." – The Village Voice (1975, 134 min., in Swedish w/English subtitles). Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 in Darwin 103; Friday, April 11 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

April 10 - May 10

Romeo and Juliet. Isolated and trapped by age-old prejudices and competing expectations they neither comprehend nor share, two young lovers find each other only to become more trapped and alone. Time, moving faster than even these two rapidly maturing characters can match, outruns them. Or, if you prefer, the street version: This guy falls for this girl, and she falls hard for him. There's trouble between their cliques, but they get it on anyway. It gets worse. Sex, street fights, secret potions and a not too happy ending. Oh, and amazing poetry. Any way you slice it, William Shakespeares timeless classic has it all. Evert B. Person Theatre, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 707.664.2353 or see the Performing Arts site for details.

April 12

Intimacies and Outbursts. From the most intimate art song to fiery operatic duet, this program takes you on a journey through the ups and downs of love, featuring works by Purcell, Rossini, Mozart, Fauré, Brahms and Bernstein. Jenni Samuelson joins faculty and concert artists from CSU Stanislaus. Ives Concert Hall 119, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2353 or see the Performing Arts site for details. 4pm.
Music of the Sphere. A concert of Hindustani classical vocal music with tambura, tabla and harmonium. Ives Concert Hall 119, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2353 or see the Performing Arts site for details. 8pm.

April 13

Trio Navarro performs Teneyevs and Rachmaninoff. SSU's trio in residence performs Sergei Teneyevs Trio in D Major, Op. 22, and Sergei Rachmaninoffs Trio lgiaque, Op. 9. Roy Malan, violin; Jill Rachuy Brindel, cello; Marilyn Thompson, piano. Ives Concert Hall 119, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park. 707.664.2353 or see the Performing Arts site for details. 4pm.

April 15

Genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda, a lecture by Ms. Mathilde Mukatabana, as part of "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

April 17

Robert Coleman Senghor (English) gives a talk entitled, Kaiser Willie: W.E.B. Du Bois and Germany, as part of the spring 2008 Arts & Humanities Research & Creative Works Forum. Schulz 3001. 12:05pm. Abstract: W.E.B. Dubois (1868-1963), historian, sociologist, social philosopher, novelist, co-founder of the NAACP, editor of Crisis Magazine, civil right leader and activist, and author of Souls of Black Folk and 35 other books. This talk will examine W.E.B Du Bois's relationship to German culture, history and politics from his early encounters in the 1880's with German romantic writers as a high student until his death in 1963. I'll identify the high points of this relationship beginning with his admiration of Bismarck, followed his student years in Berlin, his emulation of the Kaiser Wilhelm's dress, his views on Hitler, until and absorption into and betrayal by the propaganda machine of the German Democratic Republic. This survey will also touch on Dubois's relationship with the township of Eisenach and the international metropolis, Berlin. In the course of the talk, I'll address some of the unique challenges facing archive research in Germany, a county once torn by two world wars, a division into two nations, the Cold War, reunification, and the bureaucratic complexities of the "Datenschutz" (privacy laws). The talk will feature photographs.
Sonoma Film Institute presents The Innocents. Henry James' novel The Turn of the Screw is masterfully translated to the screen, with Deborah Kerr at her best as the English governess who witnesses two young charges being possessed by specters which may or may not be real. Directed by Jack Clayton and written by Truman Capote and William Archibald. "The best ghost movie I've ever seen." – Pauline Kael. (1961, 99 mins). Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 in Darwin 103.

April 18

Sixth Annual Sonoma State University Lanuage Festival. Join SSU language students and faculty for morning langauge competitions held for local high school students, followed by an afternoon Cabaret and an evening International Disco! Daytime events to be held in the Cooperage; evening disco to be held in the Multi-Purpose Room. See the Modern Languages & Literature site for details.

April 22

Darfur: Current Responses in Comparative Perspective, a lecture by Jerry Fowler, Executive Director, Save Darfur Coalition, & Courtney Morales, SSU Alumna, Intern, USHMM Committee on Conscience. "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

April 24, 25 and 27

Sonoma Film Institute presents Ugetsu. This unforgettable tale of the supernatural has repeatedly been cited as one of the Ten Best Films ever made. Kenji Mizoguchi's best known work has been described by Andrew Sarris as "the most delicately balanced between the mystical and humanistic tendencies in Mizoguchi's personality. (1953, 96 min., in Japanese w/English subtitles). Thursday, April 24 and Friday, April 25 at 7:00 in Darwin 103 , Sunday, April 27 at 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

April 29

Sociology of Resistance: The Danish Rescue, a lecture by Dr. Myrna Goodman as part of "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

May 2008

May is World Languages and Cultures Month in California
May is Asian and Pacific Islander Month

May 6

The Armenian Genocide as Prototype, a lecture by Dr. Richard Hovannisian (UCLA). The Armenian Genocide Memorial Lecture, featured in "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

May 8 and 9

Sonoma Film Institute performs Orpheus. "The masterpiece of magical filmmaking. Though a narrative treatment of the legend of Orpheus in a modern Parisian setting, it is as inventive and enigmatic as a dream." - Pauline Kael. Directed by Jean Cocteau. (1949, 86 min., in French w/English subtitles). Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 in Darwin 103 Friday, May 9 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

May 11

Shall We Dance! Part 2 – Symphonic Wind Ensemble. The Symphonic Wind Ensembles Spring Concert will feature the wind band classics Procession of the Nobles, Incantation and Dance and Solitary Dancer. Music Director Brian Wilson will conduct his Dance Hellenica, a rustic taverna celebration piece that he recently conducted in Saratov, Russia, to foot-stomping acclaim. Ives Concert Hall 119, SSU, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 707.664.2353 or see the Performing Arts site for details.

May 13

Voices from the Generations: 2nd and 3rd Generations, part of "Lost and Found: Living in a Post-Holocaust World." 25th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust Lecture Series. Free public lecture in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, SSU. Open to all. Tuesdays, 4pm-5:40pm.

May 15 and 16

Sonoma Film Institute presents Orfeu. "Veteran Cinema Novo director Carlos Diegues (BYE, BYE BRAZIL, QUILOMBO) brings a new polish to the classic film Black Orpheus, here presenting an Orpheus who composes samba ballads on his laptop, a Death figure who's a local drug lord, a Eurydice who arrives via jet plane, and a vibrant buzz of contemporary Brazilian hip-hop on the soundtrack. A color-drenched fantasy pitting love against tragedy, and music against silence, Orfeu is further inspired by famed composer Caetano Veloso's score and by its richly saturated cinematography of Rio." - Jason Sanders, PFA (1999, 112 mins, In Portuguese with English subtitles). Thursday, May 15 at 7:00 in Darwin 103 Friday, May 16 at 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall.

May 16 and 17

Monteverdiana – SSU Chamber Singers. In the last several years of his life, Monteverdi published two massive volumes of his compositions: The Eight Book of Madrigals and the Selva Morale. The SSU Chamber Singers, accompanied by a chamber ensemble from Sonoma Baroque, will present some of the astounding pieces from these books, representing the peak of Monteverdi's art in both secular and sacred realms. Holy Family Episcopal Church, 1500 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 707.664.2353 or see the Modern Languages & Literature site for details. 8pm.

May 25

Trio Navarro. SSU's trio in residence performs Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensels Trio in D Minor, Op. 11, Gabriel Fauré's Trio, Op. 120 and Robert Schumanns Trio in D Minor, Op/ 63. Roy Malan, violin; Jill Rachuy Brindel, cello; Marilyn Thompson, piano. Ives Concert Hall 119, SSU, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 707.664.2353 or see the Modern Languages & Literature site for details. 4pm.