*All lectures and events are free unless otherwise noted.
MEN IN GREY FLANNEL SUITS: ANTAGONISMS BETWEEN MALE STEREOTYPES IN 1950S AMERICA - Dr. Juergen Martschukat explores the family focus in American postwar society and showing how fatherhood was shaped as predominant masculine identity and hegemonic gender concept in 1950s America and discuss the cultural conflict between the two dominant masculine stereotypes of "father" and "explorer." CCGS Heritage Lecture Series. Noon, Tuesday, February 19.
SURVIVOR PANEL - Hilde Catz, Hans Cohen, Lilian Judd describe their experiences as Holocaust survivors as part of the 25th Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, February 19. Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-4296.
QUEER ANIMALITY IN CULTURAL IMAGINATION - Mel Y. Chen, a professor of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, describes the sometimes constructed, sometimes incidental, relationship of queerness to animality by examining a few cultural artifacts in detail, including political cartoons and Hollywood films. Noon, Tuesday, February 19. Carson 68. (707) 664-2574.
ISLAM 101 - Lecturer Ameena Jandali is a founding member of the Islamic Networks Group (ING), a nonprofit, educational organization promoting an understanding of the Islam through education and inter-religious dialogue as a vehicle for positive change. She has delivered hundreds of presentations in schools, colleges, universities, churches and on numerous television and radio programs on topics ranging from Women in Islam and Ramadan, to September 11th. ASP Religion and Spirituality Lecture Series. 7 p.m., Wednesday, February 20. Multi-Purpose Room of Student Union. (707) 664-2782.
THINKING ABOUT SYMMETRY - Geometry-and especially symmetry- is all around. Christine Latulippe of Cal Poly Pomona, helps teachers and others gain insight into symmetry including its mathematical, natural, and cultural significances. Math Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, February 20. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2368.
"PLAYING TRADITIONAL HINDUSTANI MUSIC ON A NEW ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT" - Teed Rockwell, Philosophy, is the first person to play traditional Indian Classical Music on the Touchstyle Fretboard (AKA Chapman Stick or Warr Guitar). He will discuss the difference and similarities in the approach towards improvisation in these very different traditions, and conclude with a performance of an Alap/Jhor in a Hindustani Raga. The Arts and Humanities Research and Creative Works Forum. Noon, Thursday, February 21. Schulz 3001, (707)664-4177.
ENTANGLED LIVES: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN DESCENDANTS OF MASTER AND SLAVE - Featuring Professor Ann Neel and her long-time colleague from Chicago, Pam Smith. Entangled Lives is about two women friends - one white, one black; one twenty years older than the other; one lesbian, one straight -- who learned that during the era of American slavery the ancestor of one was "owned" by an ancestor of the other. This presentation is about their struggles and revelations in coming to terms with that past. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. 9:30 a.m., Friday, February 22. Multi-Purpose Room of the Student Union. (707) 664-3913.
TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO DATABASE HAS GONE BEFORE: DATA INTEGRATION THROUGH DATA FEDERATION - Mary Roth, IBM, describes two different approaches to data integration, the benefits and drawbacks of each, and which approach appears to be gaining the most traction in the industry. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, February 21. Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
VOICE AND VIDEO OVER WIRELESS NETWORKS - Presentation by Professor Jerry Gibson, UC Santa Barbara, an IEEE Fellow & IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. Engineering Science Lecture Series. 4-4:30 p.m., reception; 4:30-5:15 p.m., lecture; 5:15-5:30 p.m. Thursday, February 21. Cerent Engineering Science Complex, Salazar 2009A. (707) 664-2030.
THE GOSPEL EXTRAVAGANZA - Experience Black History month with an evening of inspirational and uplifting music by a collection of artists. Black Scholars United. 7 p.m., Friday, February 22. Commons.
GALLERIES
"LIFE? OR THEATRE?" - German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon created an unusual autobiography through more than 1,300 paintings that were created within 18 months between 1940 and 1942 while she was hiding from the Nazis. An exhibit of her work is running at the University Library Art Gallery through March 26. University Library Art Gallery. (707) 664-2637.
PROJECTED IMAGE - An exhibit comprised of images projected on the gallery walls features artists Jesus Aguilar, Rebeca Bollinger, Jeanne C. Finley, John Muse, Paul Kos, and Tony Oursler. University Art Gallery. Opening Reception 4-6 p.m., Thursday, February 21. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Noon-4 p.m. (707) 664-2295.
FILMS
TEN CANOES- Rolf de Heer's cinematic interpretation of the rich oral culture of the Ganalbingu people of Northern Australia. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m., Thursday, February 21 and Friday, February 22. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2606. FREE for SSU students w/ID.
"BAMBOOZLED" - A Black History Month Film Series presents by Black Scholars United. Noon, Tuesday, February 19. The Vineyard.
RESIDENTIAL LIFE
SCENE IT BIG SCREEN MOVIE - Featuring "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?" 9 p.m., Saturday, February 23. Cooperage.
COMEDY NIGHT - Comedians Arj Barker ("Flight of the Conchords", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," and "The Late Show with David Letterman") and Joe Klocek (Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and runner up at the 2003 San Francisco International Comedy Competition) bring their own kind of humor to SSU. Associated Student Productions. 8 p.m., Thursday, February 21. Commons. (707) 664-2382. Free to students with ID; $5 general.
