Lectures
CESAR CHAVEZ NATIONAL BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE - Sonoma State students, faculty and staff are encouraged to help save lives by donating blood to the Blood Bank of the Redwoods. Walk-ins welcome. Mon., March 16, 12:30 - 7 p.m. Recreation Center. To schedule a donation or for more information, call (707) 545-1222 or visit http://www.bbr.org.
NANO-MECHANICS: WHY THE STRENGTH OF A MATERIAL IS RELATED TO ITS SIZE - Dr. Andrew Minor, University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, shows results from mechanical testing experiments inside a transmission electron microscope, where the fundamental mechanisms of deformation in materials at nano-scale dimensions can be observed. Mon., March 16, 4 p.m. Darwin 103. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.
ROGER LEE - Roger Lee creates ceramic sculptures that are intended to be interacted with through internal thoughts and feelings without the impressions of "things" that objectify the body. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Tues., March 17, noon. Art 102. http://www.sonoma.edu/art/visitingartists/.
ARAGON HAS THE LAST WORD: LETTERS EXCHANGED BETWEEN A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPANISH KING AND ARAGON'S CORTES - History Professor Mary Halavais examines an exchange of letters between a representative of the Spanish King in Madrid and Aragon's Cortes. The letter and reply, found in he Archive of the Crown of Aragon, date from the mid-seventeenth century, some thirty years after the forcible expulsion of the Moriscos (or converted Muslims) from the Spanish realms. School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series. Tues., March 17, noon. Stevenson 2011. http://www.sonoma.edu/socsci/.
UNDERSTANDING THE PAST: PERSONAL AND INTELLECTUAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - Dr. Robert Krikorian, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at University of Cincinnati, presents the annual Armenian Genocide Memorial Lecture. 26th Annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. Tues., March 17, 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.
GLOBAL PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT - Global Partners for Development works in the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, working to achieve an end to hunger throughout the world, especially as it affects the survival and development of children. The key to the success of their projects is that they work directly with local organizations, school districts, cooperatives, and community governments. What Can I Do? Lecture Series. Tues., March 17, 7 p.m. Student Union Multipurpose Room. (707) 664-2382. http://sonoma.edu/as/asp
MY LIFE IN PANSY DIVISION - Jon Ginoli founded the band Pansy Division (left) in 1991 as a way to combine the two big interests in his life: being a rock musician and being gay. Ginoli will talk about the history of Pansy Division, what motivated him to form such a band and its relevance today. Gender Lecture Series. Tues., March 17, noon. Carson 68. http://www.sonoma.edu/WomenStudies/current_lectures.htm.
THE NOT SO 'POST-RACIAL' AMERICA - Daisy Hernandez (right), renowned author and journalist and co-editor of Color Lines, a national journal on race and politics, explores what racism, sexism, and bigotry mean to young Americans in the 'post-civil-rights' era. Wed., March 18, 7:30 p.m. Cooperage. (707) 664-2382. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
COMPUTING WITH CELLS: MEMBRANE SYSTEMS - Oscar Ibarra, University of California at Santa Barbara, examines membrane computing as a part of the general research effort of describing and investigating computing models, ideas, architectures and paradigms from the processes taking place in nature. Computer Science Colloquium Lecture Series. Thurs., March 19, noon. Salazar 2016. http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/index.html.
ISRAELI ACTIVIST DOROTHY NAOR - Dororthy Naor, a member of New profile, an activist group working to transform Israel's militaristic society to a civil one, is dedicated to spreading information. Her work has included taking people on tours of villages in the West Bank to give some intimation of what it is like to be Palestinian living walled-in and under occupation. $5 donation at door, free for students & low income. Project Censored, Students for Media Democracy, Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County, and Media Freedom Foundation. Thurs., March 19, 7 p.m. Multipurpose Room, Student Union. Peter Phillips. (707) 664-2588. phillipp@sonoma.edu
TELECOM 2020 - Dr. Patrick Pfeffer, Director of Strategy and Planning at Juniper Networks, examines the new services and networks that will exist in 2020 as a result of the broad adoption of IP and Ethernet-based technologies. He will discuss the impact that these changes will have on the carriers and on the industry itself. Thurs., Mar. 19, 4:40 - 5:15 p.m. Salazar 2009A. http://www.sonoma.edu/engineering/lecture_series/.
THE ROAD TO FREEDOM: FROM ALABAMA TO OBAMA - Julian Bond (left), Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), engages students on the subject of social justice, equality and the rights of all people. A first-hand eyewitness to many watershed moments in the history of the Civil Rights Movement, Bond speaks on the centuries-long struggle of African-Americans for equality. Special 3:30 p.m. conversation with students, faculty and staff, Schulz 3001. Andrea Neves and Bart Evans Social Justice Lecture Series. Free for SSU students, staff and faculty. $10, general public. Fri., March 20, 7:30 p.m. Evert B. Person Theater. (707) 664-2382.
VISITING ARTIST: HUNG LIU - (right) Born in China, Oakland painter Hung Liu, a professor of painting at Mills College, combines Western and Chinese traditions to create larger-than-life images that often make use of anonymous Chinese historical photographs, particularly those of women, as subject matter. Many of her paintings and prints incorporate imagery from photographs taken during China's Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Sat., March 21, 2 p.m. Art 102. http://www.sonoma.edu/art/visitingartists/.
Music and Theater
J.S. BACH: THE ORGAN AND THE CHORALE - The Sonoma County Bach Choir (right), the Santa Rosa Children's Chorus and organist Charles Rus present a concert featuring chorale-based organ works of Bach, along with the original hymn melodies and Bach's own imaginative vocal harmonizations. Students with ID and seniors $8, faculty, alumni and staff $10, general admission $12. St. Vincent de Paul. Sun., March 22, 7:30 p.m. (707) 664-2353. http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/perf.
SSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE - A showcase of the finest in classic and contemporary jazz compositions from around the world. Directed by Bob Afifi. Thurs., March 19, 7:30 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-2352. http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/perf.
FACULTY AND ALUMNI JAZZ ENSEMBLE - Bob Afifi, Randy Vincent, Chuck Sher, Kendrick Freeman and Dave McNab perform Latin Jazz from around the world. Sun., March 22, 8 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101,
Films
QUEEN KELLY - (1928) (Restored Silent Classic) (left) Directed by Erich von Stoheim, this film tells te bizarre story of a wild prince who is engaged to marry a deranged queen when he meets and kidnaps a lovely convent girl named Kitty Kelly and takes her back to his castle for an oyster dinner. This restored version can now be seen as one o the most important and memorable films of the silent period. (95 min., silent). 7 p.m. Thurs., March 19, 7 p.m. Darwin 103. (707) 664-4332. http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/.
HOUR OF THE STAR - (1986) (Brazilian Drama) Anti-heroine Macabea is a simple naive 19 year-old girl from the country who is lost in the big city of Sao Paulo. Poor, ugly and unintelligent, she has everything going against her. Yet, she is also sweet-tempered and doggedly optimistic. This film was the remarkable debut of Suzana Amaral, who, at 52, after raising nine children, finally realized her lifelong ambition of becoming a filmmaker (96 min., in Portugese w/ English subtitles) Fri., March 20, 7 p.m. and Sun., March 21, 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium. Ives 101. (707) 664-4332. http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/.
Galleries
CONTEMPORARY WARRIOR: SCULPTURE BY WANXIN ZHANG - With a collection of clay figures intended as a reference to the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang, whose mausoleum was discovered through four pits excavated starting in 1974, Zhang explores his own inner warrior and represents the world he sees through an artistic kaleidoscope. On view until Sun., March 22. Tues.- Fri., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; weekends, noon- 4 p.m. University Art Gallery. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
MIGRATION IMMIGRATION: HUNG LIU - Born in China, Oakland painter Hung Liu combines Western and Chinese traditions to create larger-than-life images that often make use of anonymous Chinese historical photographs, particularly those of women, as subject matter. Many of her paintings and prints incorporate imagery from photographs taken during China's Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s. Thurs., Feb 26 through Sun., March 22. Tues.- Fri., 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; weekends, noon- 4 p.m. University Art Gallery. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
