SECRETS IN THE ANCIENT GOATSKIN: ARCHIMEDES' MANUSCRIPT UNDER X-RAY VISION - Dr. Uwe Bergmann of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center presents the x-ray imaging results of the "Archimedes Palimpsest," the oldest surviving document of writings by the ancient Greek genius. What Physicists Do lecture series. 4 p.m., Monday, Feb. 12, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2119.
CHRISTINE AND THE CUTTING ROOM: TRANSSEXUAL CELEBRITY CHRISTINE JORGENSEN'S CINEMATIC SENSE OF SELF - Susan Stryker discusses how American ex-GI and filmmaker Christine Jorgensen's sex change surgery affected her relationship with the camera and recounts how Jorgensen moved from one sort of "cutting room" to another. Queer Studies lecture series. 12-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, Stevenson 1002. (707) 664-2306.
SURVIVOR'S PANEL - Panel presentation by holocaust survivors, in memory of Walter Kuttner. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4-5:40 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
SOME HOT BUTTON ISSUES IN MATH EDUCATION - Diane Resek from San Francisco State University discusses the controversies surrounding math education in present day society. Math Colloquium. 4-5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 14, Darwin 103, (707) 664-3324.
ENERGY STRATEGIES IN GREEN BUILDINGS - Lecture by Armando Navarro, Assistant Director of the SSU Environmental Technology Center. 2007 Energy Forum: Energy, Sustainability & Built Environment lecture series, 4-5:40 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 14, Environmental Technology Center. (707) 664-2306.
TEACHING AND TECHNOLOGY HORIZONS - Rachel Smith from the New Media Consortium discusses the Horizon Technologies and their role in teaching and learning. Professional Development lecture series. 10-11 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 14, Schulz 3001. (707) 664-2873.
THE UPCOMING REVOLUTION IN CONSTRUCTION - Behrokh Khoshnevis presents his latest invention called "contour crafting" - a mega-scale fabrication process aiming at automating construction of whole structures as well as subcomponents. Using this process, a single house or a colony of houses may be constructed automatically in a single run with all plumbing and electrical utilities imbedded in each house. Reception 4 p.m.; lecture 4:30 p.m.; Q&A 5 p.m. Engineering Science Lecture Series. Thursday, Feb. 15, Cerent Engineering Science Complex, Salazar 2009A, (707) 664-2030.
JR FLEXIBLE CONCURRENT PROGRAMMING IN AN EXTENDED JAVA - Ron Olsson from the University of California, Davis presents a brief overview of the JR programming language and its implementation. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, Feb. 15, Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP - A play that depicts the rich and impassioned life of civil rights activist James Baldwin. Baldwin is known for his novels on sexual and personal identity, along with his works of nonfiction, plays and essays on human rights. Admission is free to SSU students with ID and $10 general. Tickets may be purchased at the Sonoma Student Union. 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2815.
WAS THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION STOLEN? - EXIT POLLS, ELECTION FRAUD, AND THE OFFICIAL COUNT - A discussion and book-signing with author Steven F. Freeman. 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15, Cooperage. (707) 664-2500.
REACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS - An interactive workshop on the Accessable Technology Initiative and Universal Design for Learning. 2-4 p.m., Friday, Feb. 16, Schulz 1121. (707) 664-2873.
Films
LOST BOYS OF SUDAN - The journey of two teenage Sudanese boys, orphaned by their war torn country, who traveled to America looking for a safer environment and learning to cope with the unfamiliar complexities of contemporary American society. CCGS Movie Fest. 12 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15, Student Union Multi-Purpose Room, (707) 664-2710.
THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE - Luis Bunuel's beloved send-up of six high-society types who blithely glide through an incipient national revolution, all in search of a really nice foie gras. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15, Darwin 103 and 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 16, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2606.
Center for Performing Arts Events
FACULTY RECITAL SERIES - Recital by Carol Menke, soprano; Marilyn Thompson, piano; Judiyaba, cello; Daniel Celidore, oboe; Ruth Wilson, French horn. $10 General, $8 Faculty, Alumni, Staff, $6 Seniors, SSU Students w\ ID Free. Faculty Recital Series, 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 11, Ives Concert Hall 119. (707) 664-2353.
MASTER CLASS WITH DAVID TANENBAUM - A master class by the noted Bay Area guitarist and San Francisco Conservatory instructor David Tanenbaum. Classical Guitar Program Guest Artist Series, 4 p.m., Friday, Feb. 16, Ives Concert Hall 119. (707) 664-2353.
CHAMBER MUSIC GUEST ARTIST SERIES - San Francisco Symphony members, including David Tanenbaum, guitar; Lisa Weiss, violin; Katherine Kyme, violin; Christina King, viola; and David Goldblatt, cello, perform works by Haydn, Prokofiev, Beethoven and Kernis. 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 4, Ives 119. $12 General; $10 FANS (Faculty, Alumni, Staff); $8 Seniors/Students. SSU Students Free. (707) 664-2353 or www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/events.
HOW ATOMS DANCE AND JOIN TOGETHER IN THE ULTRACOLD - Dr. Chris Greene of the University of Colorado discusses recent studies of the strongly-interacting limit for dilute quantum gases, emphasizing some unusual states just observed within the past year. What Physicists Do Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Monday, Feb. 5, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2119.
"BECOME THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD" - When he was 12 years old, Steven Cozza took a stand against the discrimination of gay youth and adults in the Boy Scouts of America. He and his father, Scott Cozza, founded an organization called Scouting for All, an educational and advocacy organization reaching out to GLBT youth in its attempt to get the BSA to change its policies. Cozza discusses his continued activism in Scouting for All at the Queer Studies Lecture Series. Noon, Tuesday, Feb. 6, Stevenson 1002. (707) 664-2574.
"VANISHED: UNDERSTANDING EXTINCTION AND HONORING LIFE" - Mary Gomes, psychology lecturer and eco-psychologist, looks at "an extinction crisis unparalleled in human history." Gomes speaks to the question: How can we inform people about extinction in a way that encourages openness, creativity, and the willingness to make needed changes, rather than leading people to feel overwhelmed, depressed, and avoidant? Spring School of Social Science Brown Bag Series. Noon, Tuesday, Feb. 6, Stevenson 2011.
ENDING THE IRAQ WAR - Project Censored hosts two anti-war activists for a talk and discussion on "the importance of ending the Iraq War." They include Liam Madden, veteran of a four-year tour of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, including seven months in Iraq and co-founder of the Appeal for Redress, a campaign of active service members who are appealing to Congress to remove all American military forces and bases from Iraq, and Sunsara Taylor, co-founder of World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime, speak on the Iraq war, torture, the rise of theocracy and its assault on women, gays and science, as well as the criminal treatment of Blacks during Katrina. 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 6, Darwin 102. (707) 664-2500.
LEARNING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY - Eric Hsu, San Francisco State University surveys different examples of learning communities of practice, both functional and dysfunctional. Communities of math teachers, graduate students and K-12 students, are considered along with live versus online communities. Are functional communities of practice possible in school settings? he asks. Math Colloquium. 4 p.m., Feb. 7, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2368.
EXPLORE SUBURBIA!: 3 OPERAS ON THE THEME OF LOVE - Mozart, Menotti and Bernstein. These three composers take a look at love relationships: love rebuffed, love unrequited, love in need of repair. Lynne Morrow (Music) and Adrian Elfenbaum (Theatre Arts) discuss these suburban love stories and play some of the music from the upcoming CPA production. Noon, Feb. 8, Stevenson 1068. (707) 664-4177.
EHREN TOOL - Ehren Tool, a veteran of the Gulf War, creates artwork that attempts to reckon with his transformative experiences on the battlefield. Tool makes ceramic cups with military motifs and symbols of destruction skirting their perimeters. Tool has sent his cups (unsolicited) to Presidents, CEOs and any one else in the military-industrial complex he can find. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, Feb. 8., Art 102. (707) 664-3042.
SCIENTIFIC-COMPENDIA: A NEW, INTERNET-BASED COMMUNICATIONS-METHODOLOGY - Don Jewett, Abratech Corporation, Sausalito explains the solution for the need for a guide to the current ideas and evidence in both science and medicine - a network of "Scientific Multi-Level Compendia", where each compendium can be visualized as a Web-based, highly-organized and moderated Review-Article and Forum, with two critical additions: a multi-level format that allows readers to access only those parts of the Compendium which interests them and context-containing cytation-lists which provide immediate access to any citing text on the Web that has cited a given compendium-entry . Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, Feb. 8, Darwin 102.
BLACK COMEDY JAM - A night of comedy with leading Black comics. No charge. 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9, Cooperage. (707) 664-2537.
PUBLIC VIEWING NIGHTS - Explore the night sky at the SSU Observatory. Special focus this night is placed on the Orion Nebula, the other Orion and the Crab. Call ahead, as weather may cancel the viewing. 7-9 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9, SSU Observatory. (707) 664-2267.
"ART FROM THE HEART" ART AUCTION & PARTY - 23rd annual art auction benefitting the University Art Gallery. An evening of art, food, and fine wine, featuring 150 modestly-priced works of art sold during a silent auction. 6-9 p.m, Saturday, Feb. 10. (Free previews of the artwork on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Friday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. $30 donation at the door. (707) 664-2295.
Films
THE DEPARTED Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities. 9 p.m., Feb. 10, Cooperage. Free to all. Part of Scene It film serIEs from Residential Life.
"Art from the Heart" is the 23rd annual art auction benefitting the University Art Gallery - an evening of art, food, and fine wine, featuring modestly-priced works in many mediums sold during a silent auction from 6-9 p.m on Saturday, Feb. 10. Free previews of the artwork are scheduled on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Friday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
This year more than 150 artists from Sonoma County and across the United States have created original works of art especially for Art from the Heart, including Chester Arnold, Todd Barricklow, Ray Beldner, Pele DeLappe, Poe Dismuke, Stephen Galloway, Cynthia Hipkiss, Bob Hudson, Kurt Kemp, Tony King, Judith Linhares, Jim Melchert, Jann Nunn, William O'Keeffe, Cornelia Schulz, Sylvia Seventy, Richard Shaw, Marg Starbuck, Jennifer Sturgill, John Watrous, Shane Weare, and Sam Woolcott, among many others. $30 donation at the door.
For further information, phone Carla Stone, (707) 664-2295 or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/artgallery/heart.html
Above, is Charles Hobson's "Heart Ache, 2006."
How to be a wine entrepreneur, state regulations, marketing basics, and wine club management are part of the upcoming spring 2007 Wine Business Program educational series at Sonoma State University.
A talented array of wine business professionals are among featured lecturers.
Anchoring the program is a 13-week course in Wine Entrepreneurship. This course provides a springboard for starting a wine-related business and provides the would-be entrepreneur with the tools to develop a successful business plan. This evening series is offered 7-9 p.m.Tuesdays from Feb. 13 - May 15.
The following half-day (8:30a.m.-12:30p.m.) seminars are also offered in February:
State and Local Regulations for a New Winery (Feb. 9), is designed for the person who plans to begin a winery operation soon and provides specific details on California and local county requirements. Navigating regulatory issues can be a daunting task and this class identifies key resources to help manage the process.
Wine Marketing Basics (Feb. 16), is a seminar that highlights the strategies and tactics that can be employed to create a successful marketing plan. Many wineries overlook critically important marketing tools only to wind up chasing a few more cases of wine. This class teaches the fundamentals that must be addressed in todays competitive market.
Managing your Wine Club Efficiently (Feb. 23), showcases the essential elements of building efficient and profitable clubs. The wine club is the heart of most wineries and critically important for direct to consumer sales.
Morning seminars are $125 per person and include a continental breakfast. The Wine Entrepreneurship series is $495. For complete details on all spring classes, fees and enrollment, please visit our website at www.sonoma.edu/winebiz or contact the office of Extended Education (707) 664-2394
"Housing and Educating Our Regional Workforce" is the title of the upcoming annual North Bay Economic Outlook conference hosted by Sonoma State University's School of Business and Economics from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 1 at the Double Tree Hotel in Rohnert Park.
Opening the conference will be North Bay economic trends described by Robert Eyler, Economics Department Chair and Director of SSU's Center for Regional Economic Analysis, and Brian Sobel, President of Sobel Communications. Leslie Appleton-Young, Vice President and Chief Economist with the California Association of Realtors delivers the keynote address.
Workforce education issues will be explored by Roy Hurd, Chairman, CEO & President of Empire College and Chairman of the Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board; Ron Nersesian, Vice-President & General Manager, Agilent Technologies; and Gayle Ahlas, Superintendent of the Roseland School District.
North Bay affordable housing issues will be addressed by Clark Blasdell, President & CEO, Northbay Family Homes,Suburban Alternatives Land Trust, Buck Campus Housing, Inc. and the Institute of Sustainable Ecological Enterprises; Rick Derringer, Consultant, Odyssey Development; Patricia Oxman, Real Estate Broker, Frank Howard Allen; and Michael Madsen and Ron Shaw, The Madsen-Shaw Home Loans Group, Washington Mutual Home Loans; and Keith Woods, CEO, North Coast Builders Exchange.
Many business partners help support this annual effort and this year they include Bank of America, Fifth Resources Group, North Bay Business Journal, and The Press Democrat,
Registration for the event is $120. For information, please contact the School of Business and Economics at (707) 664-2220.
An internationally renowned artist and four cosmologists are among the speakers scheduled in Sonoma State University's free public lecture series, "What Physicists Do," this spring.
Lectures are on Mondays at 4 p.m., from Feb. 5 through May 7, in Darwin 103. Coffee and cookies are served in the Darwin lobby at 3:30 p.m. Lectures include a description of using the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center to x-ray an ancient parchment to uncovering writings by the ancient Greek scientist Archimedes and talks on ultrafast lasers, spintronics, and dilute quantum gases.
Other visiting scientists will describe energy efficiency in appliances, an extremely efficient new type of particle accelerator, and the behavior of small dust particles in space.
The artist is MacArthur Fellow Ned Kahn of Sebastopol, whose sculptures include interactive science projects on display on several continents. He speaks on "Turbulent Fields" on April 30.
The cosmologists are UC Davis astronomer Adam Stanford, University of San Francisco astronomer Aparna Venkatesan, Stanford University astrophysicist Sarah Church, and University of Chicago physicist Andrey Kravtsov.
They will discuss obervations of the earliest stars and galaxies from the earth and space, observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation from the South Pole, and computer simulations of the formation of large-scale structures in the early Universe.
The series opens Feb. 5 with University of Colorado physicist Chris Greene describing "How Atoms Dance and Join Together in the Ultracold."
This will be the 73rd semester for the series of public lectures. The series organizer is SSU professor Joe Tenn.
For a free poster describing all twelve lectures, visit http://phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/, send e-mail to
Sonoma State University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has been awarded a second $1 million endowment grant from San Francisco's Bernard Osher
Foundation.
The OLLI program at SSU is one of only five in Osher's nationwide network of 93 universities in 48 states to receive a second million dollar endowment.
The SSU Osher LLI began in September, 2001 and was formed to provide local residents "50 and better" with the opportunity to return to school and take classes for the joy of learning. The program now regularly serves almost 400 students in each of its fall, winter and spring sessions.
The granting of the endowment was based on the quality of the program, the generous level of local donations, and the number of members enrolled. Earnings from the endowment are an essential component of the program's budget and fund expenses such as pay for instructors and staff and room rentals on campus, says director Lou Miller.
It offers university-level courses that address contemporary issues, investigate developments in science, explore music, literature, art and other topics in the humanities. It received an initial $1 million endowment grant in May 2003.
The Sonoma State Lifelong Learning program was the first outside Bernard Osher's home state of Maine to receive funding. Les Adler, Dean of the School of Extended Education, played a central role in expanding the program throughout the California State University and University of California systems and from there the Osher Foundation spread it across the country.
The SSU OLLI Winter Session begins with an open house in the Evert B. Person Theatre at 9 a.m. on Jan. 9 at which time the instructors introduce their courses. Classes start on Jan. 16.
For more information, phone (707) 664-2691.
Sonoma SERVES hosts the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Poetry Night, kicking off a weekend of events honoring Dr. King from 6-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12 in the Elsie Allen High School auditorium, 599 Bellevue Ave., Santa Rosa. Admission is free and all are invited to attend.
"For children today, faced with growing gang violence, the message of Dr. King is all the more relevant," says Julie McClure of Sonoma SERVES.
The event commences with guest speaker Rev.James E. Coffee from the Community Baptist Church. Coffee marched with Dr. King and has been recognized for his contributions to human rights and community education throughout Sonoma County and beyond.
Hundreds of children from Santa Rosa elementary schools will read poetry, sing songs, and perform skits based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s powerful message of non-violent social change.
In preparation for this event, students in seven Santa Rosa schools (Bellevue, Kawana, Meadow View, Roseland, Sheppard, R.L. Stevens, and Wright Schools have been learning about the life of Dr. King, and of his teachings and values.
They have also studied the civil rights movement and those who were a part of it. Students from the Sonoma SERVES after school, reading tutoring, and family literacy programs have developed poetry, artwork, theater and song to express their own feelings about issues of race, equality, freedom and non-violence.
On the weekend of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, students will gather to share their ideas with family, friends and members of the community. Along with their AmeriCorps mentors, over 200 students, grades one through eight, will perform on stage to express their thoughts.
Sonoma SERVES is a program of the California Institute on Human Services at Sonoma State University whose mission is to connect the resources of the University to community need. Sonoma SERVES partners with local schools to involve college student AmeriCorps members in after school, family literacy, and reading tutoring programs.
For further information, contact Emily Mann, California Institute on Human Services, (707) 664-3956 or emily.mann@sonoma.edu.
NOTE TO MEDIA: Rev. James E. Coffee will be available to talk about the significance of this and other MLK events happening throughout the community.
