*All lectures and events are free unless otherwise noted.
WEST SIDE STORY - West Side Story offers one of the most dynamic music-story-dance ever created for the stage. Presented by Quantum Opera Theatre. 5 p.m., Sunday, April 20; 8 p.m., Friday, April 25. Evert B. Person Theatre. $15 general, $12 faculty/alumni/staff, $8 seniors/students, SSU students free. (707) 664-2353.
A PHYSICIST'S PLAYGROUND: FROM DOLPHINS TO TOUCH SCREENS - Dr. James Aroyan of JRJ Simulation & Design discusses computational modeling applications ranging from marine mammal sound reception to Rayleigh wave scattering and solar cell design. 4 p.m., Monday, April 21, Darwin 103. http://phys astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.
S. LOCHLANN JAIN, CANCER BUTCH - Jain is a professor of anthropology at Stanford University, and speaks on the challenges for gender non-normative people confronting breast cancer and its feminine-gendered meanings within a cultural context saturated by "pinkwashed" corporate care and advocacy marketing. Queer Studies Lecture Series. Noon-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, April 22. Carson 68, (707) 664-2574.
SAVE THE MALES: THE FIGHT AGAINST GENDER INTEGRATION AT THE CITADEL – Steve Estes, History, presents a lecture as part of the Brown Bag Series. School of Social Sciences. Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, April 22. Stevenson 2011.
DARFUR: CURRENT RESPONSES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE - Jerry Fowler, Executive Director, Save Darfur Coalition, and Courtney Morales, SSU Alumna, Intern Committee on Conscience, United States Holocaust Museum, presents a lecture as part of the 25th annual Holocaust Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 22. Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4296.
POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE OF WESTERN GULL - Dr. Carolina Pickens, Biology, discusses population genetic structure of the Western Gull along the Pacific Coast of North America. Biology Colloquium. Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, April 22. Darwin 103, (707) 664-2189.
THE MODERN SCIENCE OF ORIGAMI – Robert Lang describes how geometric concepts led to the solution of a broad class of origami folding problems and how they have contributed to practical engineering problems such as safer airbags, Brobdingnagian space telescopes, and more. Math Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 23. Darwin 103, (707) 664-2368.
WHAT THE DORMOUSE SAID – New York Times Reporter John Markoff describes how a political counterculture converged with the microprocessor during the 1960’s and early 1970’s around Stanford University to create personal computing. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, April 24. Darwin 102, (707) 664-2667.
ROMEO AND JULIET BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – This guy falls for this girl, and she falls hard for him. There’s trouble between their cliques, but they get it on anyway. Sex, street fights, secret potions and a not-too-happy ending. William Shakespeare’s timeless classic has it all. 8 p.m., Saturday, April 26. 5 p.m., Sunday, April 27. Evert B. Person Theatre. $15 general, $12 faculty/alumni/staff, $8 seniors/students. SSU students free. (707) 664-2353.
HARLEM WIZARDS - SSU hosts one of the most well known exhibition basketball teams in the nation in a match against the hand-picked Sonoma State All-Stars, the best and brightest of the Sonoma State University basketball team and campus community. The Harlem Wizards have been touring the world and entertaining crowds of all-ages since 1962. Their fast paced competition coupled with theatrical tricks and humor amaze and astound all in attendance. Associated Students Productions. 7 p.m., Saturday, April 26. SSU gym. $5 for SSU students and children (12 & under) and $10 general admission. To purchase tickets, phone (707) 664-2382 or visit www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
FILMS
PASSION AND POWER: THE TECHNOLOGY OF ORGASM - This intriguing film looks at the evolution of women's sexual satisfaction through one simple invention - the vibrator. The informative yet playful documentary expertly takes us through the vibrator's secret history, (2007, 74 min.). 4 p.m., Sunday, April 20. Warren Auditorium. General admission is $5. $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free. (707) 664-2606.
