VETERANS DAY, NOV. 12. CAMPUS CLOSED
A GUIDE TO BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS - Learn how to create and maintain healthy dating and intimate relationships, and explore the dynamics and warning signs of intimate partner violence. Presented by Yuka Kamiishi, SSU alumna and Domestic Violence Victim Advocate from the YWCA of Sonoma County. Noon, Tuesday, Nov. 13. Carson 20. (707) 664-2840.
"ARE WE BORN TO FIGHT?" - Rick Luttmann, Professor of Mathematics and host of the War and Peace Lecture Series, and Chuna McIntyre, Cultural Ambaassador for the Yup'ik Eskimos, explores the subject of violence. War and Peace Lecture Series. 4-5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-4115.
AN INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL GOSPEL: UNITY AND BROTHERHOOD AT THE WORLD'S PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS, CHICAGO, 1893 - Amy Kittelstrom, History, lectures. Social Science Brown Bag Series. Noon - 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13. Stevenson 2011. (707) 664-2112.
THE BIG CAT SHOW- The lives on endangered species like cougars, lynx, cheetahs and more are explained with live animals. Associated Student Productions. 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13. Cooperage. (707) 664-2382.
SCIENCE VS. RELIGION: IS THERE A CONFLICT? - Dr. Henry Shreibman and a guest presenter focus on the controversy around the issue of science versus religion and examine some of the key tenets from different religious traditions that some would say have been at the core of the debate between religion and science. Associated Students Productions Religion and Spirituality Lecture Series. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14. SSU Student Union Multi-Purpose Room. (707) 664-4129.
CONTINUED FRACTIONS AND CACTUS - Ben Levitt, Department Of Mathematics And Statistics, California State University, Chico, provides an introduction to continued fractions and highlight some of the interesting patterns they reveal. Math Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2385.
THE DECAMERON REVISITED: NEW ADAPTATION AND RE-INVENTION OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO'S 14TH CENTURY CLASSIC - Set in Florence against the Great Plague of 1348 A.D. where three out of four people succumbed to its devastation, a group of young adults flee the city to devote themselves to the Joyful pursuit of storytelling in the mythic beauty of the surrounding Tuscan hillsides. Through this defiant act of chronicling humanity "warts and all", a lusty and humorous portrait emerges which is both keen social satire and a revealing testament to a fascinating era. Center for hte Performing Arts. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, Wednesday, Nov. 14 and Thursday Nov. 15, 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 17. Evert B. Person Theatre. (707) 664-2235.
HIV TESTING - FREE AND ANONYMOUS AT THE STUDENT HEALTH CENTER - First 15 people seen on a drop in basis. No needles. Results while you wait. Offered in co-operation with the Sonoma County Dept. of Health Services, HIV Prevention, Information and Testing. 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15. Student Health Center. (707) 664-2921.
ARTS & HUMANITIES FORUM - Tim Wandling (English) presents a talk entitled, "Teaching Social Protest." Arts and Humanities Department. Noon - 1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15. Schulz 1121,
ROBOETHICS, OR HOW TO SURVIVE THE RISE OF MACHINES - John Sullins, Philosophy Department, surveys the current thoughts on this subject looking at the roboethics movements and initiatives in the European Union, Korea, Japan and the surprising lack of Roboethics research in America. Presented by the Computer Science Colloquium. Noon - 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15. Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
"ERROR REDUCTION TECHNIQUES IN MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS" - Dr. Zhi Ding, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Davis, will present several newly developed integrated transceiver design for multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Dr. Ding
will also demonstrate the significantly improved system performance by
applying optimal mapping diversity, progressive ARQ MIMO pre-coding, and
embedded space-time-block codes Engineering Science Lecture Series. 4-5:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15. Salazar 2009A. (707) 664- 2030.
GLEN PEARSON QUARTET - Pianist Glen Pearson is accompanied by saxophonist Robert Stewart, Ron Belcher on bass, and Deszon Claiborne on drums. Admission is $12, $10 for faculty, alumni, and staff, $8 for seniors and students. SSU students admitted free. Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15. Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2235.
BRILLIANTLY BOLD: CHAMBER BRASS AND PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES - Doug Morton and Jennifer Wilsey, direct the SSU Chamber Brass and Percussion Ensembles and present a student musical program featuring varied chamber combinations of brass and percussion. Center for the Performing Arts. 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. Ives 119. (707) 664-2235.
CATHEDRALS, CASTLES AND COLONIES - The Sonoma State University Chorus perform a variety of works by English, German, Italian and American composers including Leonardo Leo's Magnificat and Andreas Hammerschmidt's O Ihr Lieben Hirten. Admission is $12, $10 for faculty, alumni, and staff, $8 for seniors and students. SSU students admitted free. Center for the Performing Arts. 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 17. Holy Family Episcopal Church. (707) 664-2235.
WILD ARE THE WINDS: CHAMBER WIND ENSEMBLE - Chamber Wind Ensemble students present a musical program of varied chamber wind combinations. Center for the Performing Arts. 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. Ives 119. (707) 664-2235.
GALLERIES
"THOSE WHO DON'T BUILD MUST BURN" AN INSTALLATION BY BROOKE HOLVE IN REPONSE TO RAY BRADBURY'S FAHRENHEIT 451 - Hosted by the Sonoma State Library and The Big Read Sonoma County. Through Nov. 15. Library Art Gallery. 707-664-2397.
"THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HERE" - Sixteen contemporary artists explore the concept of "place" - whether it is a familiar place fondly remembered, a place seen from afar but never visited, or a place that exists only in the artist's imagination-through painting, sculpture, photography, video, and sound. Nov. 1- Dec. 9. University Art Gallery. (707) 664-2295.
"RED: THE COLOR OF WAR" - PAINTINGS FROM A VIETNAM WAR VETERAN - In his latest series of paintings artist, Daniel T. Lopez brings vivid look at the horrible cost of war through the eyes of a Vietnam War veteran. Lopez's use of vibrant colors and attention to detail capture those who have seen his work. Lopez is an Adjunct Professor of Chicano Studies. Through Nov. 21. Center for Culture and Gender Studies. Sonoma Student Union. (707) 664-2710.
FILMS
49TH PARALLEL- (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1941) Rousing wartime adventure with Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey and Laurence Olivier. Presented by the Sonoma Film Institute. 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2606. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free.
"BARFUSS" ("BAREFOOT") - Shown in German with English subtitles. German Film Series. 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14. Erin Fischer Room, Student Union.
FOREVER - (Heddy Honigmann, 2006) Documentary on Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2606.
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY - ASP's Scene It Big Movie Night. Free. 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 17. Cooperage. (707) 664-2382.
