Noted Holocaust Expert Michael Berenbaum Looks at “21st Century Perspectives on the Holocaust”

With genocide continuing to exist all over the world some 70 years after the Holocaust, renowned scholar, accomplished filmmaker and award-winning author Michael Berenbaum offers “Perspectives on the Holocaust in the 21st Century” on Tuesday, April 8 at 4 p.m. in Warren Auditorium in a free public lecture.

A reception follows from 6–7:30 p.m. at the Congregation Ner Shalom located at 85 La Plaza in Cotati.

Berenbaum will be delivering the Robert L. Harris Memorial Lecture as part of Sonoma State University's Holocaust Lecture Series which is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Berenbaum is the director of the Sigi Ziering Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Ethics at American Jewish University. An acclaimed and prolific author, he is also the executive editor of the 22 volume Encyclopedia Judaica. For further information, contact the Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Dr. Myrna Goodman, (707) 664-4076. Information about the lecture series is available at: http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.

Art Gallery Manager Carla Stone Curates Grafica
Contemporanea De Mexico

Contemporary prints from Mexico are featured with the work of 13 emerging, mid-career and established printmakers in an exhibit running from April 7-June 30 in the University Library Art Gallery. Prints include linocuts, lithographs, aquatints, serigraphs, etchings, and even screen-prints on skateboards. A public reception will be held from 4-6 p.m, on Thursday, April 24.

University Art Gallery manager Carla Stone, who organized the exhibition as the cumulative project for her master's degree in Museum Studies at SFSU, chose to present the work of artists not based solely on their political interpretations, but selected artists whose work represents a variety of methods, styles, and influences which reveal a vitality of art being made in Mexico today.

While by no means comprehensive, Grafica Contemporanea de Mexico/ Contemporary Prints from Mexico, is intended to expand perceptions about and provide insights into the social and cultural contributions being made by contemporary Mexican artists. Open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; weekends, noon-5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information contact Karen Brodsky at 4-4240.