PARKS VS. PEOPLE: THE STRUGGLE FOR CULTURAL SURVIVAL IN MADAGASCAR-Lecture with Rheyna Laney of SSU's Geography Department. Part of the African and Diaspora Studies Institute in conjunction with Black History Month at SSU. African and Diaspora Studies Institute. Noon, Tuesday, February 22, Student Union Multipurpose Room, (707) 664-2537.
NOVEL FRICTION PROPERTIES OF QUASICRYSTALS-Dr. Jeong Park of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will describe the nanomechanical properties of quasicrystals probed with a scanning probe microscope, and discuss how their low friction is correlated with their exotic atomic structure. What Physicists Do Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, February 22, Stevenson 2006, (707) 664-2119.
BREAKING THE SILENCE: MEMOIR OF A HIDDEN CHILD-Lecture by Paul Schwartzbar. Part of SSU's Holocaust Lecture Series, "Remembrance and Resistance." Holocaust Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, February 22, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
WORD FOR WORD-San Francisco's highly acclaimed theatre company with its brilliant verbatim stagings of two short stories "In The Garden of the North American Martyrs" and "Bullet in the Brain" written by Tobias Wolff. 8 p.m., Tuesday, February 22, Person Theater, (707) 664-2382.
THE EXPERIENCE OF NIGERIA-Lecture by Velma Guillory-Taylor of SSU's American Multicultural Studies Department. Part of the African and Diaspora Studies Institute in conjunction with Black History Month at SSU. African and Diaspora Studies Institute. Noon, Wednesday, February 23, Student Union Multipurpose Room, (707) 664-2537.
MATHEMATICA TOOLKITS-Elaine McDonald's Fall 2004 M180 students will present their class projects on precognitive ability, animated Taylor series, diagnostic tests for diabetes, and constructing staircases. M*A*T*H Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, February 23, Carson 68, (707) 664-2368.
SYSTEMS THEORY AND PRACTICE: FOCUS ON FOOD-Lecture by Cathy Kroll of SSU's English Department. Arts and Humanities Research and Creative Works Forum. Noon, Thursday, February 24, Schulz 1121, (707) 664-2146.
DOING WHAT'S RIGHT: ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DISCRIMINATION WITHIN THE LGBT COMMUNITY-Lecturers Don Romesburg and John Newsome will discuss the grassroots movement for accountability and recourse about all forms of discrimination within San Francisco's LGBT community. Queer Studies Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, February 24, Carson 68, (707) 664-2840.
THE FULL FUNCTION IMS HDAM, HIDAM AND HALDB DATABASES FROM IBM-Lecture with Brian J. Marshall of Computer Associates International, Napa. This discussion with tackle such questions as what is the physical layout of IBM Hierarchical (HDAM, HIDAM and HALDB) Databases and what are the underlying methods by which the IMS DBMS stores data in these databases? Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, February 24, Salazar 2016, (707) 664-2667.
GREEN AND ROOT NOONER- Green and Root are a duo who uses folk, blues, and pop to create their amazing and intimate lyrics and sound. Noon, Thursday, February 24, Darwin/Stevenson Quad, (707) 664-2382.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING: RECITAL OF REGIONAL SINGERS-Northern California singing professionals-all of them teachers-present a special recital of songs representing a broad spectrum of literature and styles. 7:30p.m., Friday, February 25, Ives 119, (707) 664-2353.
GOSPEL EXTRAVAGANZA-An evening of gospel music featuring Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, East Bay Anointed Voices, Dance Theater of the Gospel, and Reverend Turner of Community Baptist Church. General admission, $12, SSU students, free. 8 p.m., Friday, February 25, The Cooperage, (707) 664-2537.
QUINTESSENCE OF SWING: FACULTY JAZZ CONCERT-SSU's outstanding faculty quintet-Mel Graves, bass, Randy Vincent, guitar, George Marsh, drums, Charlie McCarthy, saxophones and Pete Estabrook, trumpet-adventure into and beyond musical realms post-bebop. $12 General Admission; $10 faculty, alumni, staff; $8 students and seniors; SSU students free. 8 p.m., Saturday, February 26, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2343.
SONOMA FILM INSTITUTE:
ABOUNA (OUR FATHER)-In a hot, dusty town near the border of Chad and Cameroon, a father abandons his family, changing the lives of his two young sons forever. Sonoma Film Institute. 4 p.m., Sunday, February 20, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2606.
S21 - THE KHMER ROUGE KILLING MACHINE-In the mid-70's Cambodia's Khmer Rouge converted the Tuol Sleng High School into the notorious S21 detention center. Filmmaker Rithy Panh brings two survivors back to the prison, now a museum where former Khmer Rouge members are employed as guides. 7 p.m. Thursday, February 24, Stevenson 1002, and 4 & 7 p.m., Friday, February 25, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2606.
SFI ADMISSION - $4.50 general; $4 Non-SSU students w/I.D., Senior citizens, SSU faculty and staff; $3; SFI members, children under 12; Free SSU students w/I.D. (707) 664-2606.
