Dith Pran Describes “Curse of 21st Century”

Faculty and staff are invited to attend an evening with Dith Pran as he discusses “Genocide: The Curse of the 21st Century” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the Cooperage. The political activist and photojournalist will address the potential for such an atrocity in any country including the United States. Faculty are encouraged to include the event into their lecture plans. Tickets are free to SSU students (one per valid I.D.) and $10 general admission.

Pran survived one of the bloodiest genocides in human history, the Cambodian tragedy set forth by the Communist Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. Pran's story was portrayed in the Academy award-winning movie, The Killing Fields. Determined to educate the world and assure that the Cambodian genocide is not forgotten nor repeated, he has founded The Dith Pran Holocaust Awareness Project.

This event is a part of the Heritage Lecture series and is sponsored by Associated Students Productions; the Center for Gender, Culture and Sexuality; Instructionally Related Activities; and the Student Union. Tickets are available at the Student Union. Contact Bruce Berkowitz at bruce.berkowitz@sonoma.edu or by phone at 4-2782 to arrange for group reservations. 

Menke and Fritzsche in Recital on Nov. 4

Soprano Carol Menke and countertenor Christopher Fritzsche bring their talents to a unique duo recital at the Ives Concert Hall on Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. The program includes the music of Handel, d'Astorga, Mendelssohn, Purcell and Schumann as well as a Brahms piano solo. Menke will perform a solo Schumann set while Fritzsche performs a solo set by Purcell. Menke is a North Bay musical treasure with an exquisite soprano voice and a passion for the art song. She is well-known for her local concert appearances, her teaching skill and her sensitive and caring guidance of the Santa Rosa Children's Chorus.

Internationally recognized for his countertenor voice, former Chanticleer singer Christopher Fritzsche has performed in more than 1,000 concerts worldwide. As part of Chanticleer he performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Ticket prices are $10 for general admission, $8 for faculty, alumni and staff, and $6 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets, contact the Center for Performing Arts Box Office at 4-2353.

Wind Ensemble Provides “A Moment in Time”

The Sonoma State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Brian S. Wilson, takes center stage at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5 in the Ives Concert Hall in a concert titled A Moment in Time. The Wind Ensemble performs Leonard Bernstein's Candide Suite, Mark Camphouse's A Movement for Rosa, Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms, Vincent Persichetti's Symphony No. 6 and Aaron Copland's Variations on a Shaker Melody. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for faculty, alumni and staff, and $6 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets, contact the Center for Performing Arts Box Office (Monday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.) at 4-2353. More information and tickets can be obtained at www.sonoma.edu/performingarts.

Journalism, Nature Photography Subject of Two Lectures

Professors Elizabeth Burch and Stephen Galloway discuss their work at the next Arts and Humanities lecture at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 1 in Schulz 3001. "Environmental Journalism in Jamaica," a talk by Elizabeth Burch (Communication Studies), focuses on how the Jamaican news media attempts to report on the country’s pressing health, science and environmental problems. Stephen Galloway (Art),  discusses “Seeing Nature” as he reveals the way in which his work is about looking at nature and letting it drive the creative impulse.

ABOVE, "Black Sun" by Stephen Galloway