Come and Explore Suburbia!:
3 Operas on the Theme of Love
Quantum Opera Theatre presents "Suburbia! 3 One Act Operas" in seven performances from Feb. 21- March 4. Musical Director Lynne Morrow and Stage Director Adrian Elfenbaum have combined their creative talents to bring the one act operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gian Carlo Menotti and Leonard Bernstein to the Evert B. Person Theatre stage.
Mozart, Menotti and Bernstein are three composers who
take a look at love relationships: love rebuffed, love
unrequited, love in need of repair. For tickets and information,
contact the Center For Performing Arts Box Office at 4-2353.
The box office is open Monday through Friday from noon
to 5p.m. Information can also be found at the Center
for Performing Arts Web site.
Inventor
of Automated Construction
Explains His Process, Feb. 15
Behrokh Khoshnevis, a professor at the University of Southern California, presents his promising new approach to automated construction of whole structures at a lecture from 4:30-5:15 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15 in Salazar 2009A. The event is part of the the Engineering Science lecture series.
Khoshnevis has developed Contour Crafting, a mega-scale
fabrication process with which a single house or a colony
of houses may be constructed automatically in a single
run with all plumbing and electrical utilities imbedded
in each house. The implication is especially profound
for emergency shelter construction and low-income housing.
NASA is exploring possible application of CC in building
on other planets. This new mode of construction will
be one of the very few feasible approaches for building
on planets such as Moon and Mars, which are being targeted
for human colonization before the end of the century.
For more information, contact Jagan Agrawal, Director of the Engineering Degree Program, at 4-4438.
Uwe
Bergman Unveils the Secrets of Archimedes Manuscript
Uwe Bergmann, a Stanford University physicist who provided the first view of the oldest surviving document of writings by Archimedes describes the feat. "Secrets in the Ancient Goatskin: Archimedes’ Manuscript under X-Ray Vision" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12 in Darwin 103. Coffee, cookies, and conversation will be available in the Darwin lobby at 3:30 p.m.
This lecture is one in a series presented by SSU's department of physics and astronomy. For a free poster describing all twelve lectures check out the web site or send e-mail to phys.astro@sonoma.edu, or call 4-2119.
Citizens of the World: On Common Ground? Continues at University Library
Thursday, Feb. 15 marks the continuation of the University Library's lecture series "Citizens of the World: On Common Ground?" with presentations by Rob Eyler and Robrt MacNamara. Last semester saw riveting discussions on Africa, the Middle East, and Asia/India and this semester the discussions will center at noon on Thursdays on Latin America, Europe, and North America. The wrap-up session is May 10. Panel presentations by SSU faculty will help sort through such complex topics as: weapons, war, health, disease, global immigration, and the environment. A complete list of speakers and dates can be found at http://library.sonoma.edu/about/lecture.html
"Grandmother's Blessings" Explored
Susan Stewart of the Psychology Department leads the School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar entitled "Grandmothers' Blessings" at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Stevenson 2011. During a sabbatical last fall, Stewart gathered the written memories of more than 120 men, women and children of their grandmothers from many parts of the world. While each memoir, poem or letter describes a uniquely wonderful older woman, several consistent themes emerged as people wrote about how their grandmother - or another older woman - blessed them in a significant and enduring way. These themes - with excerpts from many of the contributors - will be presented, and there will be time for reflection and sharing. Faculty, staff, students, and others are invited to the informal Brown Bag Seminars held on during the noon hour on selected Tuesdays throughout the term, all in Stevenson 2011. Faculty wishing to present during the Spring Series may still contact Dean Elaine Leeder.