Drawing on the Past
The Art of Masami Teraoka Opens

The University Art Gallery announces an exhibition of prints, drawings, and paintings by Masami Teraoka, an artist originally from Japan whose work pays homage to - and critiques - the traditions of both Japanese and European art. Titled "Drawing on the Past/The Art of Masami Teraoka," the exhibition opens to the public on Thursday, Sept.  6 with a reception from 4-6 p.m., and remains on view through Sunday, Oct. 14. Selected primarily from a private collection in Palo Alto, "Drawing on the Past" features more than 20 of Teraoka’s best known watercolors, screenprints, and woodblock prints alongside a number of original 18th and 19th century ukiyo-e prints by such masters as Katsuchika Hokusai, Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. 

In addition, the exhibition includes several large paintings, inspired in part by Renaissance compositions and recently shown at the Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco. On Sept. 29, Masami Teraoka visits the University Art Gallery to discuss his work in conversation with Bay Area critic and writer Alison Bing. The program is free and open to the campus community. The University Art Gallery is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, phone Carla Stone, Gallery Manager, 4-2295.

Missed the Festival Chamber Series?
Catch It on KRCB

This year's Green Music Festival brought together another stellar cast of musicians: Jeffrey Kahane, Alisa Weilerstein, Chee-Yun, Aloysia Friedman, Julie Albers, Jon Kimura Parker, Natasha Paremski, Makoto Nakura and the Escher String Quartet. KRCB was there to record the programs which will be broadcast on Thursdays at 1 p.m. beginning on Sept. 6, with selected pieces repeated on Sunday afternoons through the month. For a complete schedule, visit http://publicbroadcasting.net/krcb/arts.artsmain ?action=viewArticle&id=1131119&sid=11.

Lecture Series Looks at Many Issues
In War and Peace

From the U.S. intelligence community, to the role of religion in war, to planning a non-violent future, this year’s War and Peace lecture series explores a wide variety of  topics, from academic research and findings, to personal experiences. Lectures are offered from 4 - 5:15 p.m. on Tuesdays through Dec. 4 in Warren Auditorium, Ives 101.

Rick Luttmann of the Mathematics department hosts the series. Discussions are led by Denny Bozman-Moss of English, Rashmi Singh of Peace Studies, and Shepherd Bliss of Humanities. The schedule for the Fall semester can be found at http://www.sonoma.edu/a_h/WP_Calendar.htm. For more information about the “War and Peace” lecture series, contact Rick Luttmann at rick.luttmann@sonoma.edu or 4-2543.

"What Physicists Do" Highlights Latest Thinking

In Physics and Astronomy

Extreme magnetic fields, the quantum enigma, solar energy production using techniques developed for space applications, nanostructured solar cells, and carbon nanotubes are among the dozen topics to be discussed by speakers in the fall “What Physicists Do” public lecture series.

Lectures are on Mondays at 4 p.m. through Nov. 26 in Darwin 103. Coffee, cookies, and conversation are available at 3:30 p.m. For the complete schedule, visit http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.  

More events...

THE FREE SOFTWARE MOVEMENT AND THE GNU/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, speaks about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. Noon, Thursday, Sept. 6, Darwin 102. Computer Science Colloquium. George Ledin, 4-2810.

"QUANTUM ENIGMA: PHYSICS ENCOUNTERS CONSCIOUSNESS" University of California, Santa Cruz physicist Fred Kuttner speaks Monday, Sept. 10, at 4 p.m. in Darwin 103. Kuttner and a colleague wrote "Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness," which has been highly praised by physicists and psychologists.  According to the authors, "One goal of Quantum Enigma is to present the most humanly meaningful aspect of physics--something still not understood!--as widely as possible." Coffee, cookies, and conversation are available at 3:30. "What Physicists Do" http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/, phys.astro@sonoma.edu, 4-2119.