COMING UP
POETRY
Bilingual Spoken Word Performance: “Coming Here to be Alone – Herkommen um allein zu sein”
Ute Kaiser from Germany and Laura Winter, an American poet from Portland, Oregon offer a bilingual poetry performance at SSU, reading together and separately, chanting poems backward and forward, singing and whispering.
“Reciting side by side in English and German, they promise to bring their audience on a journey where a new language springs from the collision and synergy of English and German,” says Michaela Grobbel, assistant professor of German.
Winter and Kaiser’s performance features poems from their new book "Coming Here to be Alone—Herkommen, um allein zu sein," celebrating the spirit and raw beauty of the desert landscapes in the Western United States. Winter is a published poet whose work has appeared in numerous journals and book-length collections, and Kaiser translated her recent collection of poems into German.
“Their performance of the lyrical texts has been described as some kind of 'third language' that includes improvised music, rhythmic forms of dialogue, including simultaneous speech,” says Grobbel. “This upcoming event promises to be a special language treat.”
The poetry reading is sponsored by the Goethe-Institute in San Francisco, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, the School of Arts and Humanities, and the SSU German Club. It is on Thurs., Nov. 6 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Student Union Multi-Purpose Room, and is free of charge. German knowledge is not necessary to enjoy the event.
For more information, contact Michaela Grobbel at 4-2637 or grobbel@sonoma.edu, or visit the German Club website at http://tiny.cc/SSUGermanClub.
LECTURES
Chemistry of Planet Formation
Dr. Sally Dodson-Robinson of the California Institute of Technology describes how planets form, what they are made of, and how astronomers use that information to discover new planets. Part of the What Physicists Do lecture series.
4 p.m., Mon., Nov. 3 in Darwin 103. For information call 4-2119, or visit the What Physicists Do website at http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/ for a complete list of events.
Understanding War
Shepherd Bliss, professor of psychology, and a panel of veterans discuss. Part of the War and Peace lecture series.
4 p.m., Tues., Nov. 4 in Warren Auditorium. For information contact Rick Luttmann at 4-2543, or visit the War and Peace website at http://www.sonoma.edu/a_h/WP_Calendar.htm for a complete list of events.
Secure E-Mail: PGP, Hashes and Digital Signatures
Michael King, Joseph Muller and Dylan Field of SSU give a brief introduction to cryptography using RSA, an overview of PGP and how it is used to secure communication over the Internet, and an overview of hash functions (with MD5 algorithm as an example) used for password protection and message integrity. This is a student project from the Fall 2007 Math 485 class, “Introduction to Cryptography.” Part of the M*A*T*H Colloquium.
4 p.m., Wed., Nov. 5 in Darwin 103. For information call 4-2368 or visit the M*A*T*H Colloquium website at http://www.sonoma.edu/math/colloq/colloqf08.pdf for a complete list of events.
Gendered Intersections
The Women's and Gender Studies Department presents "Gendered Intersections," the Fall 2008 faculty research colloquia. Join speakers to learn more about how SSU colleagues are using intersectional analyses in their research.
The next presentation is titled, “Each Day a New Beginning: Social Reproduction and Death-in-Life" and is lead by Tryon B. Woods, professor of criminology and criminal justice studies. It is on Thurs., Nov. 6 from noon to 1 p.m. in Carson 14.
Subsequent lectures are “Bringing Betty to America: Transforming a Telenovela For U.S. Mainstream Television," lead by Patricia Kim-Rajal, associate professor of Chicano and Latino studies on Nov. 20, and “Troubling Reproduction: Birth and Belonging in New Mexico,” lead by Lena McQuade, assistant professor of women's and gender studies on Dec. 4.
For more information, contact Lena McQuade at mcquade@sonoma.edu.
Simulating Planetary Environments
Jason Shankel of Maxis, Walnut Creek, describes some of the techniques used to simulate realistic dynamic planetary environments for computer games, including geology, water flow, weather, and life. Part of the Computer Science Colloquium.
Noon, Thurs., Nov. 6 in Salazar 2016. For information call 4-2667, or visit the colloquium website at http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/ for a complete list of events.
Chemical Rites of Passage in College-Age Populations: When is Too Much Enough?
Phyllis Haig, marriage and family therapist, presents compelling information from current trends in substance abuse prevention, intervention, treatment and harm reduction methods as well as local resources and a quiz to self-assess personal use and function. Haig offers a humorous, non-shaming, feminist approach to the topic of substance abuse. Part of the Women's Health lecture series.
Noon, Thurs., Nov. 6 in Carson 68. For information call 4-2840 or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/womenstudies/WHLSFLIER08.pdf for a complete list of events.
Modern Media Lecture Series
Michael Schwartz, professor of global studies at University of New York at Stony Brook, discusses, "Is the United States Killing 10,000 Iraqis Every Month? Or Is It More?" Wes Enzinna, freelance journalist for NACLA Report on the Americas, discusses, "Another SOA?: A Police Academy in El Salvador Worries Critics." Part of the Modern Media lecture series, presented by Project Censored and SSU.
7 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 6 in Darwin 103. For information call 4-3373 or visit the Project Censored website at http://projectcensored.org/lectures/ for a complete list of events.
The Habitat of the Body
Poet Elizabeth Herron speaks. Part of the Six Elements of Sustainability lecture series. Time and location TBA. For more information visit http://sixelementsofsustainability.blogspot.com/.
MUSIC
Sonoma County Choral Society—Season Opener and Choral Festival
The Sonoma County Choral Society (SCCS) presents its season opener, Transatlantica: French and American Sacred Music.” SSU countertenor Chris Fritzsche and organist Charles Rus team up again in this opening recital, and are joined by cellist Zoe Keating in a program featuring sacred music from both sides of the Atlantic. General admission is $10, $8 seniors/students, SSU students admitted free.
Sat., Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. in the Holy Family Episcopal Church, 1500 E. Cotati Avenue. For information, call 4-2353 Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. or visit the SCCS website at http://www.sonomachoral.org/.
SCCS also presents the 6th annual High School Choral Festival on Thurs., Nov. 13. Guest clinician Dan Earl and SSU Choral Director Robert Worth listen to, comment upon and encourage young choral singers and their ensembles from Sonoma and Marin counties. Guests are welcome to drop-in from 8 a.m.-4:40 p.m. in Ives 119. Admission is free. For more information, visit the SCCS website at http://www.sonomachoral.org/, or email Robert Worth at worth@sonoma.edu.
Trio Navarro
SSU's resident trio launches its 11th season with Paul Juons Miniatures, Rachmaninoffs Piano Trio No. 1 in G Minor and Anton Arenskys Trio. Roy Malan, violin; Jill Rachuy Brindel, cello; Marilyn Thompson, piano. $12 general, $10 faculty/alumni/staff, $8 seniors/students, SSU students admitted free.
4 p.m., Sat., Nov. 9 in Warren Auditorium. For information call 4-2353 or visit the Center for Performing Arts website at http://tiny.cc/TrioNavarro for a complete list of events.
FILMS
“Kung Fu Panda” (2008)
Po the Panda is the laziest animal in all of the Valley of Peace, but unwittingly becomes the chosen one when enemies threaten their way of life. Starring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie. Part of the Scene It! Big Screen Movie Night series.
9 p.m., Sat., Nov. 1 in the Cooperage. For information, call 4-2804.
“Don’t Look Now” (1973, Nicolas Roeg)
Daphne du Maurier's story of the occult set in Venice and starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland. Presented by the Sonoma Film Institute. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free.
4 p.m., Sun., Nov. 2 in Warren Auditorium. For information call 4-2606 or visit the SFI website at http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/schedule.html.
“Der Bewegtre Mann (Maybe, Maybe Not) ” (1994)
Starring Sonke Wortmann, the film is a comedy about relationships and gender roles, shown in German with English subtitles. Admission is free. Part of the German Film Series.
7:30 p.m., Tues., Nov. 4 in Schulz 2015, or visit http://tiny.cc/GermanFilmSeries for a complete list of events.
“Operation Filmmaker” (2008)
Nina Davenport's documentary about an Iraqi film student who gets an internship on a Liev Schreiber film. A tale of good intentions gone dramatically (and comically) awry. Presented by the Sonoma Film Institute. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free.
7 p.m., Fri., Nov. 7 in Warren Auditorium. For information call 4-2606 or visit the SFI website at http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/schedule.html.
GALLERIES
“I Express . . .”
The "I Express . . . " art exhibit explores themes SSU students identified as important in the current election cycle - themes such as war and the environment. Participating artists were selected by the spring 2008 Gallery and Museum Methods class and include: Katy Anderson, Allegra Burke, Nuala Creed, Rob Keller, Thomas Pratt, Mario Uribe, and Nancy Worthington.
Artwork is on display until Wed., Nov. 5 in the University Library Art Gallery. For more information call 4-4240 or visit the "I Express . . ." website at http://library.sonoma.edu/about/gallery.html.