TAROT CARD READINGS - Kooch Daniels has a long history in tarot card readings and has recently written a book, "Tarot D'Amour," with SSU psychology professor Victor Daniels which details how tarot cards predict the future or the possibilities of love. Part of Associated Students Psychic Week. Free. 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 14, The Pub. Visit the ASP website at www.sonoma.edu/as/asp or phone (707) 664-2382.
THE QUIRKYALONE MOVEMENT: PAST AND PRESENT - A talk by Sasha Cagen, author of the 'zine, "Quirkeyalone," about singleness in a couple-oriented world. Part of the Women's History Month Lecture Series. 10:30-11:45 a.m., Tuesday, March 15, Carson 20. (707) 664-2784.
NEW EYES ON THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE: THE SNAP SATELLITE - Dr. Natalie Roe of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will describe a proposed new space telescope designed to chart the expansion of the universe, using both supernovae and gravitational weak lensing. What Physicists Do Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, Stevenson 2006. (707) 664-2119.
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND HISTORICAL MEMORY: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - Lecture presented by Robert Krikorian, Ph.D. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
A TOPOGRAPHY OF SPIRIT AND PLACE - Berkeley author Barbara Gates reads from her book "Already Home, A Topography of Spirit and Place" - an exploration of how personal lives intersect with the places that surrounds them--not only in everyday encounters with inhabitants and weather and trees and traffic patterns, but in often unseen layers of cultural, politicaland geological history. 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, Schulz 3001. Noelle Oxenhandler, (707) 664-2056.
CROSSING THE RUBICON - Writer Mike Ruppert lectures on the state of the nation and America's dependence on Iraqi oil. General admission: $5, free for SSU students, faculty and staff. 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, Cooperage, (707) 664-2785.
THE DRAFT - Using the military draft and the Vietnam War experience as source material, 15 actors and 8 design and technical theatre students create and perform an original theatrical experience that gives imaginative life to their perspectives on the conflict in Iraq. $8 general admission, $6 faculty, alumni, staff, $4 students/seniors, SSU students free. March 15-20. Evert B. Person Theatre, (707) 664-2353.
ANIMAL COMMUNICATION - Marta Williams presents an animal communication demonstration consisting of nonverbal, mental exchange of information between her and any animal. Using the name of the animal and a description of their behavior, Williams communicates with the animal to acquire information and read their thoughts and feelings. Part of Associated Students Psychic Week. Free. 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 16, The Pub. Visit the ASP website at www.sonoma.edu/as/asp or phone (707) 664-2382.
ENDING SHAME, SECRECY, AND UNWANTED GENITAL SURGERIES FOR CHILDREN BORN WITH INTERSEX CONDITIONS - Lecture by Cheryl Chase, Executive Director of the Intersex Society of North America will the discuss the origins and history of the Intersexed movement, and will cover issues about the support of intersexed people. Queer Studies Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, March 17, Carson 68, (707) 664-2840.
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES - An adaptation of Josefina Lopez's play "Real Women Have Curves" that is a microcosm of the Latina immigrant experience is sponsored by MEChA in collaboration with the Women's Resource Center and the InterCultural Center. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Saturday, March 19, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2845.
AT THE GALLERIES
LARGE SCALE PHOTOGRAPHY-"The Big Picture: Contemporary Large-Scale Photography," includes an international roster of artists who, each in their own way, have explored the power and impact of oversized photographic images. Exhibit runs through March 20. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; weekends, noon-4 p.m. (707) 664-2295.
"VENUS ENVY" ART SHOW - Artist Molly Eckler uses the ancient "Venus of Willendorf" image to poke fun at contemporary women's roles. Eckler's canvases are accompanied by a display about the renamed "Woman of Willendorf" and other ancient female icons that some modern women believe honor the feminine as divine. Feb.25-March 30, ICC Gallery, Student Union, (707) 664-2382.
