QUEER AND COLORED - Daisy Hernandez looks at the reporting, writing and editing behind the stories of ColorLines, a national newsmagazine on race and politics, which regularly features stories on issues from queer communities of color. Queer Studies lecture series. 12-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, Stevenson 1002. (707) 664-2306.
SOCIOLOGY OF GENOCIDE - Lecture by Myrna Goodman, professor of sociology. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4-5:40 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
MOTIVATING ADOLESCENTS TO READ AND WRITE - Presentation by Dr. Douglas Fisher from the Early Assessment Program. RSVP with Kathryn Horton at kathryn.horton@sonoma.edu. North Bay High School-College Alliance. 4-6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, Cooperage, (707) 664-4351.
GRAPHS AND MATRICES--HOW COULD THEY BE RELATED? - Jane Day of San Jose State University discusses how algebraic properties of adjacency matrixes reveal information about the graphs and leads into a discussion about the relationships between the two graphs. Math Colloquium. 4-5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 21, Darwin 103, (707) 664-3324.
U.S. ENERGY POLICY: ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS, AND SOCIAL REALITIES - Lecture by Dan Kammen, Professor of Energy Resources Group and Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Spring 2007 Energy Forum. 4-5:40 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 21, Environmental Technology Center, (707) 664-2577.
BEAN FINNERAN - Finneran's love for the natural world and for saturated color is combined to create abstract sculptures that are evocative of organic forms and animals, such as grasses and sea anemones. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, Feb. 22, Art 102. (707) 664-3042.
FROM MANUAL REPORTS TO SQL TO AUTOMATED REPORTS DONE THROUGH ORACLE PL/SQL IN ORACLE APPLICATIONS - Eric Levinson from Turin Networks in Petaluma demonstrates how a simple report written in Oracle Discoverer (or other similar report tool) can be converted into an automated, scheduled job in Oracle applications. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, Feb. 22, Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
ARTS AND HUMANITIES CREATIVE RESEARCH FORUM - Michael Ezra from the AMCS department discusses "Putting Together an Edited Volume" and Birch Moonwomon from the English department examines "Workload at SSU: Ideologies in Conflict." Arts and Humanities Forum. 12-12:50 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, Stevenson 3082, (707) 664-2146.
WHITE LIKE ME: REFLECTIONS ON RACE FROM A PRIVILEGED SON - Discussion and lecture by Tim Wise, a prominent anti-race writer. White Like Me is a memoir by a white person about how race and racism affect everyday life. Wise is a critic of white privilege in the United States and has spoken at over 40 college and university campuses. Pat of the Heritage Lecture Series, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, Cooperate, (707) 664-2815.
FREE PIZZA COMEDY SERIES - A night of comedy with leading comedians Leo Flowers and Mike E. Winfeild. No charge. 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, The Pub. (707) 664-2537.
BLACK VOTERS AND AMERICAN POLITICS - Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney discusses Congress and political power in Washington. The evening will include a screening of "American Blackout" the new award winning documentary by Ian Inaba with Black Congress members telling all about elections, Black voters and American politics. 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, Cooperage. (707) 664-2500.
FILMS
WHAT'S RACE GOT TO DO WITH IT - This film chronicles the experiences of Berkeley undergraduate college students enrolled in "Facing you, facing me," a 16 week intergroup dialog on race and class and its impact on lives in 2005. CCGS Movie Fest. 12 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, Student Union Multi-Purpose Room, (707) 664-2710.
L'AGE D'OR AND AVANT-GARDE - Two would-be lovers (Lya Lys and Gaston Modot) are constantly thwarted by society - police, parents, their own obsessions - from consummating their passion. It is savagely anti-social, anti-religious, anti-family, anti-modern civilization and everything except love. Sonoma Film Institute. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22. Darwin 103, and 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-2606.
BOBBY - The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, on June 6, 1968, which centers around 22 people who were at the Ambassador Hotel where he was killed. Scene It Movie Series. 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 24, Cooperage. (707) 664-2804.
JOYEUX NOEL / MERRY CHRISTMAS - A drama directed by Christine Carion in which on Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace, so they bury their dead and play football. French Film lecture series. 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 19, Nichols 173. (707) 664-3159.
CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
SUBURBIA! - Three short operatic tales explore and illuminate the virtues, hazards and unexpected turns of love relationships in the suburbs. $15 General, $12 Faculty, Alumni, Staff, $8 Seniors, SSU Students w\ ID Free. 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, and 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 24, Evert B. Person Theatre. (707) 664-2353.
