WEEK OF SEPT. 9-15
*All lectures are free unless otherwise noted.
QUANTUM ENIGMA: REALITY, ENTANGLEMENT, AND CONSCIOUSNESS - Dr. Fred Kuttner of the University of California, Santa Cruz offers a quantum-theory-neutral version of the 2-slit experiment, which demonstrates observer-created reality and physics' encounter with consciousness, and will outline a non-mathematical derivation of Bell's inequality demonstrating quantum entanglement. 4-5:15 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10, Darwin 103
BIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM - Dr. William Sydeman, Director, Marine Ecology Division, PRBO, discusses "Climate Change and Marine Ecosystem Dynamics: Recent Observations and Management Implications for the California Current." Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2189.
FIVE WAYS TO KEEP YOUR SPIRIT HEALTHY - Sarah Dole presents practical ways to enhance spiritual vitality as well as physical health drawn from almost forty years of spiritual practice that include meditation, law of attraction and shamanic empowerment tools. Dole is a shamanic practitioner and spiritual life mentor with a practice in Sebastopol. Noon-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11. Carson Hall, Room 20. (707) 664-2840
"THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR" - John Wingard offers his perspective as a professor of anthropology on war. 4-5:15 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101.
ANDY DIAZ - Andy Diaz Hope creates work that questions the stereotypes and cliches circulated by our popular media. His work has been shown nationally and internationally including the National Gallery of Victoria, the London Crafts Council and the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art and is included in the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. Visiting Artists lecture Series. Noon - 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12. Art 102. (707) 664-3042.
AWARENESS THROUGH MUSIC - Karen Clark, voice lecturer, presents "Awareness through Music," a 40-minute lecture/demonstration on the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education and its philosophy and application in education. As part of the lecture, she presents a brief Awareness Through Movement lesson, then leads a discussion on how the structure of the movement lesson and philosophy of the Feldenkrais Method might be applied in learning and teaching of academic subjects. Art and Humanities Forum, noon-1 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 13. Schulz 1121.
ATTACKS ON THE NETSCAPE BROWSER - Jim Roskind. discusses a broad range of examples of attacks that have been proposed against the Netscape Communicator browser application along with ways that the application evolved to block them. Noon, Thursday, Sept. 13. Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
PUBLIC VIEWING NIGHT - Jupiter, Iris Nebula, Star Death Nebula. 8-10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14. Call to confirm. SSU Observatory. (707) 664-2267.
FILMS
L'ICEBERG - (Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, 2006, in French with English subtitles) Deadpan nearly dialogue-free comedy from Belgium. 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for members and children under 12. SSU students are admitted for FREE. Sonoma Film Institute (707) 664-2606.
