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Sarris Explores "Restorying Place" in A&H Forum, Oct. 25

Greg Sarris, Native American Studies, explores "Re-Storying Place: The Necessary Component of Environmentalism" at noon on Oct. 25 in Schulz 1121 as part of the Arts & Humanities Research & Creative Works Forum. The talk illuminates the importance of connecting at a deep, mythological, storied level with place as "a prerequisite for a deep-leveled and sustainable environmentalism."

Media Accountability Conference
Highlights Top Investigative Reporting

Thom Hartmann, Jeremy Scahill and a host of independent investigative journalists are coming to Project Censored's second annual Media Accountability Conference and Awards Ceremony on Oct. 26 and 27 in Ives Hall. Journalists Jeremy Scahill, Robert Parry, Frank Morales and Mike Whitney discuss the media's lack of response to recent erosions of civil liberties at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26 in Ives 101.

Throughout the day on Saturday, Oct. 27, panelists discuss some of the investigative reports featured in the Censored 2008 Top 25 under-covered stories of the year which can be reviewed at http://www.sonoma.edu/pubs/newsrelease/archives/000273.html.

All the authors are honored at the popular Top 25 Awards Ceremony during the noon luncheon on Saturday which features radio host Thom Hartmann discussing "Holding Media Accountable: How We Recognize Censorship in the Modern Era." To register or to view a complete schedule, visit http://www.projectcensored.org/conference/07Confsite.htm or phone 4-3160.

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MUSIC FOR PRAGUE: SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE Brian Wilson, Conductor, presents a concert of music about peoples who have endured, overcome, survived and flourished — a celebration of the human spirit surviving in the face of adversity. Admission is $10, $8 for faculty, alumni and staff, $6 for seniors and students. SSU students admitted free. 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21. Ives 119. 4-2235.

LATIN ROMANCE: LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE Bob Afifi presents the SSU Latin Jazz Ensemble in concert featuring the best of contemporary and classic Latin jazz compositions from Cuba, South America, the United States and Europe. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25. Warren Auditorium. 4-2235.

ANNUAL SONOMA COUNTY CHORAL SOCIETY OPENING NIGHT RECITAL: PERGOLESI Soprano Marguerite Krull, countertenor Christopher Fritzsche and a period-instrument chamber ensemble open the season with a recital including the Pergolesi Stabat Mater and Bach Cantata 82. Admission is $10; $8 for faculty, alumni and staff; $6 for seniors and students. SSU students admitted free. 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27. Ives Recital Hall. 4-2235.

THE DECAMERON REVISITED: NEW ADAPTATION AND RE-INVENTION OF
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO’S 14TH CENTURY CLASSIC - Set in Florence against the Great Plague of 1348 A.D. where three out of four people succumbed to its devastation, a group of young adults flee the city to devote themselves to the Joyful pursuit of storytelling in the mythic beauty of the surrounding Tuscan hillsides. Through this defiant act of chronicling humanity “warts and all”, a lusty and humorous portrait emerges which is both keen social satire and a revealing testament to a fascinating era. Nov. 8-18. Faculty and staff night, Nov. 15. Evert B. Person Theatre. (707) 664- 2235