EINSTEIN AND THE RIDDLE OF HIS CREATIVITY - Dr. Tilman Sauer of the Einstein Papers Project at Caltech discusses Einstein's achievements and offer thoughts as to how a study of his manuscripts can provide a better understanding of his creativity. What Physicists Do Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 22, Stevenson 2006, (707) 664-2119.
GENOCIDE EMERGENCY IN DARFUR: WHO WILL SURVIVE TODAY? - Lecture by Jerry Fowler, Director of the Committee on Conscience at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This lecture is also the annual Robert L. Harris Memorial Lecture for the Holocaust Lecture Series. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 22, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
JOHN ROSS - Journalist John Ross will be lecturing on the Zapatista rebellion in Mexico and promoting his new book, "Murdered By Capitalism - A Memoir of 150 Years of Life & Death on the U.S. Left." 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 22, The Cooperage, (707) 664-2588. (THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED)
SUDDEN OAK DEATH: CAN IT BE MANAGED? - Lecture concerning Sudden Oak Death, presented by Susan J. Frankel of the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region. Biology Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, March 24, Stevenson 1002, (707) 664-2189.
DINERO Y DISTANCIA: SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND GENERATIONAL STATUS AS FACTORS IN TELENOVELA RECEPTION - Lecture by Patricia Kim-Rajal of the Chicano and Latino Studies Department on Spanish soap operas or telenovelas. Arts and Humanities Research & Creative Works Forum. Noon, Thursday, March 24, Schulz 1121, (707) 664-2146.
MARKETS IN THE MEADOWS: HOW SUBURBAN SHOPPING CENTERS CHANGED THE AMERICAN CITY - Lecture with Stephanie Dyer of the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies. Arts and Humanities Research & Creative Works Forum. Noon, Thursday, March 24, Schulz 1121, (707) 664-2146.
ASK AND TELL: GAY VETERAN'S IDENTITY AND ORAL HISTORY ON A CIVIL RIGHTS FRONTIER - This talk by Assistant History Professor Steve Estes will be about the ban on openly gay servicemen, based on interviews with more than 40 gay and lesbian veterans, who served from WWII to the current war in Iraq. Queer Studies Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, March 24, Carson 68, (707) 664-2840.
THREE TO GET READY - Jeff Derby leads one of the SSU Jazz Program's three ensembles in charged arrangements new and not so new. Noon, Thursday, March 24, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2353.
TAKE TEN - Jazz professor Mel Graves leads the Monday Fusion Band and the Contemporary Jazz Ensemble in a program of post-bebop standards mixed with newer fare. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 24, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2353.
AMERICAN INDIAN, FILIPINO & MEXICAN: A FAMILY STORY, A HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY - Tracing his family history, author and tribal council chair Greg Sarris shows the intersection of three ethnic communities in Sonoma County. $15 general admission, $10 SSU faculty and staff, SSU students free. Tickets available at the Student Union: (707) 664 2382. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 24, Cooperage, (707) 664-2710.
THE NAVARRO TRIO - SSU's celebrated resident trio - Violinist Jeremy Constant, cellist Jill Rachuy Brindel and pianist Marilyn Thompson - performs an all-Beethoven program: Variations on a Theme from Mozart's Magic Flute for cello and piano, the Violin Sonata In G major, op.96, and the Piano Trio in D Major, op. 36. 4 p.m., Sunday, March 27, Ives 119, (707) 664-2353.
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