ROTATING GALAXIES: CLUES TO GALAXY FORMATION - Dr. Anne Metevier of the UC Santa Cruz will describe her efforts to measure how fast distant disk-shaped galaxies rotate, and what this information can tell us about how galaxies formed. What Physicists Do Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Monday, Mar. 6, Schulz 3001, (707) 664-2119.
THE SAN FRANCISCO DYKE MARCH: RADICAL POLITICS AND OUR COMMUNITY EVENT - For thirteen years this annual march has occurred without a permit and has become an important part of San Francisco's gay pride events. Along with a 15-minute documentary video of the San Francisco Dyke March, filmmaker Cathy Cade discusses the progressive political origins of the event. Queer Studies Lecture Series. Noon, Tuesday, Mar. 7, Carson 68, (707) 664-2840.
GENOCIDE IN CALIFORNIA: THE NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Lecture by Dr. Edward Castillo of Sonoma State University. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 7, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
ARTS AND HUMANITIES LECTURE SERIES - Lecture presented by Thaine Stearns of the SSU English Department entitled "Slight and Charming and Purely Impressionistic: T.S. Eliot, Rebecca West, and the Image of Modernist Criticism." Noon, Wednesday, Mar. 8, Schulz 3001, (707) 664-2146.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A THEOREM THAT COUNTS SOMETHING - Lecture by Tyler Evans of Humboldt State University. In this talk, the speaker will generalize a combinatorial lemma to obtain three divisibility theorems for which three classical theorems are special cases. M*A*T*H Colloquium. 4 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 8, Stevenson 1002, (707) 664-2368.
GERMAN FILM SERIES - This week, the film "Im Juli" ("In July"), directed by Faith Akin, will screened. Admission is free. 7 p.m., Wednesday, Mar. 8, Multi-Purpose Room, Student Union, (707) 664-2637.
BIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM - Melinda Fowler of the SSU Biology department will present her lecture, "Hormone Regulation of Glucose Metabolism in Lactating Northern Elephant Seals." Noon, Thursday, Mar. 9, Stevenson 1002, (707) 664-2189.
WOMEN'S HISTORY LUNCHES - Dr. Kathleen Noonan presents "Romancing Pocahontas; or Naked Cartwheels in Jamestown" and Dr. Michelle Jolly will follow with "Women and Missions in Early California." Noon, Thursday, Mar. 9, Salazar 2021, (707) 664-2313.
THE NITTY-GRITTY ON THE FUTURE OF SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES - George Hsu of Sensor Platforms, Santa Rosa presents an overview on sensor fundamentals - how they work, how they're made, what sorts of applications will use them and Sensor Platforms' role in bringing them to a broader market. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, Mar. 9, Salazar 2016, (707) 664-2667.
DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID - A humorous tale of a chambermaid, both demure and cunning (as portrayed by Jeanne Moreau), who takes a position in a cheerless chateau and immediately becomes the newest objet d'art for a whole family of perfectly ordinary perverts. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 9, Stevenson 1002; 7 p.m., Friday, Mar. 10, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2606.
MELANIE KENT STEINHARDT: THE LIFE AND ART OF AN EMIGRE - The University Library Art Gallery is exhibiting the artworks of Melanie Kent Steinhardt (1899-1952) through March 24. Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday: Noon - 5 p.m., University Library Art Gallery, (707) 664-4240.
CONTEMPORARY ART FROM LOS ANGELES - Exhibit featuring the work of Tetsuji Aono, Soo Kim, Sandeep Mukherjee, Evan Holloway, Jason Meadows, Eddie Ruscha, Cannon Hudson, Faris McReynolds and Jesse Simon. Through March 19. Tuesday-Friday: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday: 12 p.m.-4 p.m. University Art Gallery, (707) 664-2295.
