SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS - Take Shakespeare's "The Tempest," with its violent seas, windswept island, connection to nature, and theme of forgiveness, and bring it into a prison, the ultimate venue of confinement. The result is a story about the creative process and the power of art to heal and redeem. Sonoma Film Institute. 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2606.
NANO Y MANO: THE BASICS OF NANOSCALE SCIENCE - Dr. Ramamoorthy Ramesh of UC Berkeley will talk about the exciting field of nanoscale materials and phenomena. What Physicists Do Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Monday, Sept. 26, Schulz 3001, (707) 664-2119.
COME SAIL AWAY: UPDATE ON THE LEVUKA FIJI (CULTURAL) LANDSCAPE - Lecture with Margie Purser of the SSU Anthropology Department. Social Science Brown Bag Lecture Series. Noon, Tuesday, September 27, Stevenson 2011, (707) 664-2112.
THE CASE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS - Lecture by Urs Cipolat of UC Berkeley and Global Security Institute, San Francisco. War and Peace Lecture Series. 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, Ives 101, (707) 664-2543.
TALKS ON TEXTS - Paula Lane of the SSU Education Department and Thaine Stearns, of the SSU English Department talk about the readings and texts that transformed them and inspired their lives. Noon, Wednesday, Sept. 28, Schulz 3001, (707) 664-4240.
ARTIST'S LECTURE SERIES - Lecture by artist Jane Fisher, a Bay Area figurative painter. Noon, Wednesday, Sept. 28, Art 102, (707) 664-2364.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MATHEMATICS IN BUSINESS DECISION ANALYSIS - Lecture by SSU Alumnus Jeffrey L. Reich of Chevron Texaco. This presenter will give a survey of mathematical topics that are useful in the real world. M*A*T*H Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 28, Carson 68, (707) 664-2368.
CONSTRAINTS ON EVOLUTION AND LONG-TERM SLIP RATES FOR EASTERN FAULTS OF THE SAN ANDREAS TRANSFORM BOUNDARY FROM TEPHROCHRONOLOGY, NEW AR/AR AGES, GEOLOGIC MAP RELATIONS GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC DATA - Lecture by Robert J. McLaughlin of the US Geological Survey. Geology Department Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, Sept. 29, Stevenson 3065, (707) 664-2334.
CHRISTIANITY, WHITE SUPREMACY, AND INDIGENOUS SPIRITUALITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: HOW WHITE THEOLOGY WAGES WARS OF COLOR - Lecture by Dr. James W. Perkinson of UC Berkeley. This talk will examine the ways white supremacy and Christian theology have knotted together in modern history to create the conditions for recurrent warfare. Noon, Friday, Sept. 30, Carson 68, (707) 664-2826.
BLACK NARCISSUS - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's resplendent adaptation of Rumer Godden's novel about a group of nuns struggling to establish a mission in the remote Himalayas. Black Narcissus will be followed by South Bank Show: Michael Powell, a British documentary on Powell and his films. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2606.
