EINSTEIN'S UNIVERSE AND BEYOND - Lynn Cominsky will show how high-energy observations of radiation from exploding stars, blazing galaxies and monstrous black holes illuminate Einstein's vision in ways that Einstein could only imagine. What Physicists Do Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Monday, Mar. 13, Schulz 3001,(707) 664-2119.
RACIAL HETEROSEXUAL IDENTITIES: BLACK AND WHITE HETEROSEXUALITIES - Lecture by Dr. James Dean examines the ways in which gay visibility is shaping the lives of black and white heterosexuals to both bring attention to the dominant status of their heterosexual identities as well as how dominant racial codings mark homosexuality as white and heterosexuality as black. Queer Studies Lecture Series. Noon, Tuesday, March 14, Carson 68, (707) 664-2840.
JAPANESE WAR CRIMES-ACCOUNTABILITY, REDRESS, JUSTICE - Lecture presented by Dr. Peter Li of Rutgers University. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
WRITERS ON WRITING LECTURE SERIES - Lectures will be presented by poets Brian Henry and Graham Foust. 5 p.m., Tuesday, Mar. 14, SSU Art Gallery, (707) 664-2140.
QUEER ATTRACTORS: A QUANTUM PERSPECTIVE - Lecture by Ignacio Valero, Associate Professor of Diversity Studies, Critical Studies and the MFA Program in Design at the California College of Art. Artist Lecture Series. Noon, Wednesday, Mar. 15, Art 102, (707) 664-2364.
WHEN QUILTERS AND CARVERS MARRY, STARS AND POLYGONS HAPPEN -Lecture by Ann Herbst of Santa Rosa Junior College addresses divisibility problems in number theory as well as various geometric construction methods and approximations. M*A*T*H Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 15, Stevenson 1002, (707) 664-2368.
CINEFORUM - The film "La Flor de mi Secreto" ("The Flower of My Secret") will be screened. 6:45 p.m., Wednesday, Mar. 15, Stevenson 3072, (707) 664-2351.
SEXY OR SEXIST? WOMEN IN THE MEDIA - Using examples from ads, magazines, MTV and "slasher" movies, author Gail Dines will examine how these images affect the way people think about themselves as males and females, as sexual beings and as potential victims and victimizers. Admission is free. 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, The Cooperage, (707) 664-2785.
BIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM - Dr. Claudia Luke of the Bodega Marine Laboratory at UC Davis will present her lecture, "Research Sites for a New Millennium: Field Stations and Marine Laboratories in a Changing World." Noon, Thursday, March 16, Stevenson 1002, (707) 664-2189.
WOMEN'S HISTORY LUNCHES - Dr. Nan Alamilla Boyd will present her lecture "Male Impersonators in Early 20th Century San Francisco," which will be followed by Dr. Steve Estes' lecture, "Dykes or Whores: Sexism, Homophobia, and Military Women's Catch-22." Noon, Thursday, March 16, Salazar 2021, (707) 664-2313.
WHAT DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN? - Lecture by Tina Amper of Blue Sky Solutions/ADIC, San Francisco about the best practices for business continuity and disaster recovery management. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, March 16, Salazar 2016, (707) 664-2667.
SONOMA FILM INSTITUTE
AU HASARD, BALTHAZAR - Balthazar the donkey is the central character of this film; passed from one owner to the next, he is both witness to and victim of their suffering. The other main figure in the film is a young farm girl (Anne Wiazemsky) who befriends Balthazar and suffers some of the same fates. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16, Stevenson 1002, (707) 664-2606.
BEYOND THE ROCKS - Beautifully crafted and visualized, "Beyond the Rocks" offers a chance to see two stars of uncommon magnitude - Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino - paired for the first and only time. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m., Friday, March 17, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2606.
AT THE GALLERIES
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.
