MOTHER'S DAY TEA AND LECTURE WITH MEDEA BENJAMIN - Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the CODEPINK Women for Peace and Global Exchange, will take part in a Mother's Day tea as well as present a lecture about women's activism. Please call for tickets, as seating is reserved. 3 p.m. Sunday, May 8, The Commons, (707) 664-2500.
DIGGING FOR THE FOSSILS OF GALAXY FORMATION - Dr. Katherine Rhode of Wesleyan and Yale Universities will describe the properties of the globular cluster systems of massive galaxies and explain what they tell us about the galaxies' origins. What Physicists Do Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 10, Stevenson 2006, (707) 664-2119.
REMEMBERING RWANDA - Lecture by Mathilde Mukantabana, President of Friends of Rwanda and Dr. Tharcisse Seminega, a Rwandan survivor. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 10, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
HUNGER AWARENESS DINNER - An interactive dinner when attendees experience first-hand how food is distributed throughout the world. 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 11, The Commons, (707) 664-4277.
SPAM AND THE LAW - Lecture by Ian Sweedler, Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, on spam as been the subject of litigation based on laws of advertising, trespass, fraud and other general theories. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, May 12, Salazar 2016, (707) 664-2667.
PEACEOUT: PERFORMANCE, PROMOTION, AND PERSISTENCE IN THE QUEER HIP HOP CULTURE AND MICROECONOMICS - Lecture by Juba Kalamka about the development of Lesbian-Gay Transgender-Bisexual hip-hop (known as homo-hop) performers, promoters, and labels. Queer Studies Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, May 12, Carson 68, (707) 664-2840.
RITE OF SWING - Jeff Derby directs the Tuesday Jazz Ensemble in a musical exploration of American post-bebop territories. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 12, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2353.
BACH IN MUeHLHAUSEN - The SSU Chamber Singers, joined by a small ensemble of period instruments from Jubilate Baroque Orchestra, present Bach cantatas 131, 150 and 196, written during the composer's Muehlhausen period. $12 general admission; $10 faculty, alumni and staff; $ 8 students and seniors; SSU students free. 8 p.m., Friday, May 13, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Liberty and Western St., Petaluma and 8 p.m., Saturday, May 14, Holy Family Episcopal Church, 1500 E. Cotati Ave at Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park (707) 664-2353.
PUBLIC VIEWING NIGHT - Explore the night sky at the SSU Observatory. Emphasis this night on the moon, Comet Tempel 1, and Jupiter. Please call ahead as weather conditions may cancel the viewing. 9 p.m., Friday, May 13, SSU Observatory, (707) 664-2267.
BLACK AND WHITE TO COLOR - Student instrumentalists present an evening of chamber works for solo piano and small ensembles. 8 p.m. Saturday, May 14, Ives 119, (707) 664-2353.
