SSU CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH


Black History Month Film Series

Associated Students Productions (ASP) and Black Scholars United present the Black History Month Film Series, featuring films which depict pivotal events, moments and figures in black history. Movies play every Wednesday throughout the month of February, at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Multi-Purpose Room. All are welcome, and admission is free. For more information please call 4-2382 or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp
The schedule for films is as follows:

Feb. 4 - “The Great Debaters” - Denzel Washington leads the all black Wiley College debate team in the true story of their struggle to obtain equal footing with white debate teams in the Jim Crowe south.

Feb. 11 – “When We Were Kings” - A documentary by Leon Gast about the “Rumble in the Jungle Match” between Mohammad Ali and George Foreman. Featuring speaker Mike Ezra, American Multicultural Studies.

Feb. 18 – “Hotel Rwanda” - Don Cheadle leads up the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwanda Hotelier who shelters threatened Rwandan natives during the Genocide of 1994.

Feb. 25 – “Higher Learning” - Tyra Banks and Laurence Fishburne lead a cast depicting the experiences of some of the first black freshmen at Columbus University.

Black Comedy Jam

Associated Students Productions (ASP) presents an annual February event, the Black Comedy Jam, in continued celebration of Black History Month.  Headlining this year will be comedian, Mike E. Winfield on Thurs., Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Commons.  Admission is free.

Each year, the Black Comedy Jam has drawn crowds from SSU dorms, classrooms and surrounding neighborhoods. This year is sure to bring audiences out of the woodworks with Shane Murphy, one of the most requested event hosts in the nation, and headliner Mike E. Winfield.  Mike has been featured on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” as well as BET's “Comic View”.  He was featured on Showtime Network's “Comics Without Borders” and was a finalist in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition.

Mike will be bringing his friend, "PHAT" Joe Mendez along as his opener. Vegas veteran Mendez is a casino and club favorite playing in some of the best casinos on the famed "Vegas Strip".  He has been featured on Comedy Central and is widely regarded as one of the best comics in northern California.

For more information, call 4-2382 or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp

COMING UP


“Vagina Monologues” Performance at the Cooperage

SSU students Kathryn Pomilla and Danielle Zelisko are directing the campus production of Eve Ensler's, "The Vagina Monologues," with special sponsorship by the Queer Straight Alliance.

Benefit performances are Fri., Feb. 13 at 8 p.m., Sat., Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. in the Cooperage. An open dress rehearsal will also be held, Thurs., Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the event are $5 for students, $10 for faculty and staff, and $15 for general admission. Donations are welcome at Thursday’s open dress rehearsal. For tickets visit the Student Union, or call 4-2382.

This is the second time SSU is hosting a performance of "The Vagina Monologues". Proceeds will benefit violence prevention programs on campus and in the community. For more information, contact Rachel Espinoza, The Center for Culture, Gender & Sexuality, 4-2845 or email ssuvaginamonologues@gmail.com.

Scene It! Movie Series Spring Schedule

The Scene It! Movie Series, sponsored by Residential Life and Associated Students, Inc. (ASI), is showcasing the newest blockbusters this spring. Movie nights are Saturdays at 9 p.m. on the big screens in Warren Auditorium and the Cooperage. Events are BYOP (Bring Your Own Popcorn), but tickets are free to students, staff and faculty. For more information call 4-2804.

Spring Schedule:

Jan. 31 “Pineapple Express” in Warren Auditorium
Feb. 14 “Twilight” in Warren Auditorium
Feb. 28 “Cadillac Records” in Warren Auditorium
March 14 “Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist” in the Cooperage
March 28 “Seven Pounds” in Warren Auditorium
Apr. 4 “Milk” in the Cooperage
Apr. 25 “Valkyrie” in the Cooperage
May 2 “Burn After Reading” in the Cooperage
May 16 “Yes Man” in the Cooperage

What Is Mormonism? Lecture

Dr. Henry Shreibman, Dominican University, discusses the history and basic concepts of Mormonism and the controversy and misconceptions common to this faith. Topics include original works of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, to current interpretations by the Church of Latter Day Saints. Part of the Religion and Spirituality Lecture Series, presented by Associated Productions.

— Tues., Feb. 10 at 7 p.m., Student Union Multi-Purpose Room. Admission is free. For more information, call 4-2782.

A&H Forum Spring 2009 Schedule

The Arts and Humanities Research and Creative Works Forum continues, with a Feb. 12 presentation by Stephen Galloway, art, and Karen Kessel, art history. The lecture is titled, “The Slide Collection Goes Digital: A Demonstration of How Campus Support for Updating the Art & Art History Department Slide Collection Could Enrich the University."

— Thurs., Feb. 12 from 12:05 p.m. to 12:55 p.m. in Schulz 3001

For a complete list of Spring 2009 lectures, visit http://www.sonoma.edu/a_h/AHForum.htm. For more information, call 4-2146.

What Physicists Do Lecture Series

The Kepler spacecraft, to be launched in March, is the topic of the first lecture of the Spring 2009 "What Physicists Do" series. Natalie Batalha of NASA Ames Research Center will explain how the mission will search for habitable planets around other stars. All are welcome and admission is free.

— Mon., Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. in Darwin 103. Coffee and cookies are served in the Darwin lobby at 3:30 p.m.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy presents a lecture each Monday that classes are in session, until May 4. Since 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, commemorating Galileo's historic use of the telescope 400 years ago, there will be several lectures on astronomical topics. For a free poster describing all twelve lectures, visit http://phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/. For more information, email phys.astro@sonoma.edu, or call 4-2119.

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