Lectures
ULTRASHORT PULSE LASERS IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS - Dr. Michael M. Mielke (left), Raydiance, Inc., will describe how ultrashort pulse lasers work, what they can uniquely do, and where they are gaining traction as enabling tool for new processes. 4 p.m. Monday, March 2. Darwin 103. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.
VISITING ARTIST: RUSSELL DUDLEY - At once provocative and prosaically slow, Dudley's work takes various forms: photography, installation, sculpture, and video. Dudley's work has been exhibited in galleries, public collections, and alternative spaces, including Mindy Oh in Chicago , the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson , and the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Tues., March 3, noon. Art Building 102. http://www.sonoma.edu/art/visitingartists/.
WINE IN THE LANDS OF TSAR AND COMMISSAR - History professor Stephen Bittner will talk about his new project on the development of the Russian and Soviet wine industry, and about his recent archival
research in Crimea and Odessa. School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tues., March 3. Stevenson 2011. http://www.sonoma.edu/socsci/.
RELIGION IN WAR - Dr. Eric Thompson examines several periods in history when religion has been an expression of people fighting over land for centuries. Religion and Spirituality Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. Tues., March 3. Student Union Multipurpose Room. (707) 664-2382. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
BECOMING EVIL - Dr. James Waller, author and professor of psychology at Whitworth University, presents analysis on how ordinary people can commit acts of extraordinary evil. 26th annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. 4 - 5:40 p.m. Tues., March 3. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.
INVESTIGATING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF GROUP LIVING IN A PATAGONIAN RODENT - Julie Woodruff, University of California: Berkeley, examines discusses the impacts of group living. Biology Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tues., March 3. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/home/colloquium.shtml.
MARRIAGE FOR ALL: RACE CHALLENGES AND MARRIAGE EQUALITY - Andrea Shorter is the Campaign Director of And Marriage For All, a public education campaign connecting issues of race and marriage equality and the Co-Chair of the Bayard LGBT Rustin Coalition, Northern California's largest Black LGBT political organization. She will speak on the ways in which race related to Proposition 8 and its aftermath. Women's Health Lecture Series. Noon - 12:50 p.m., Tues., March 3. Carson 68. http://www.sonoma.edu/WomenStudies/current_lectures.htm.
CLiCS: CATEGORIAL LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE: WHERE DO WE STAND NOW? - Valeria de Paiva, Palo Alto Research Center, discusses Categorical Logica, a branch of Category Theory, a newer subfield of Algebra, established in the late forties/ early fifties by Eilengerg and MacLane. De Paiva will discuss the exciting possibilities for applcation in theretical computer science from a very personal perspective. M*A*T*H* Colloquium Lecture Series. 4 p.m. Weds., March 4. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/math/nsf/colloquium.shtml.
HIP HOP POETRY WITH ISE LYFE - Fusing spoken word and hip hop, Ise Lyfe's (left) unique style of delivery and powerful content grasps his audiences, deconstructing the facade of dominant narratives in society. In the midst of an ever-growing culture of "Going Dumb" and Hyphy-ness, Ise chooses to spin off of that energy, using that same force to empower and uplift via his vocal and lyrical artillery. Easily deemed the next biggest breakout artist in the Bay Area, Ise Lyfe is one of the most promising up and coming artists and emcees in the country. See his work at www.youtube.com. 7 p.m. Thurs., March 5. Student Union Multi Purpose Room. (707) 664-2382. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/0305700.shtml.
IMPLEMENTING ENTERPRISE APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE DESIGN PATERNS: A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE - Greg Scull, FCMAT/ California School Information Services, Sacramento, reviews some of the core concepts behind a few frequently used enterprise design patterns. The concepts are Inversion of Control, Dependency Injection, the Factory Pattern, the Data Access Pattern and Transfer Objects. The purpose of the talk is to examine real world examples of how and why these patterns are important in enterprise application architecture. Computer Science Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon, Thurs., March 5. Salazar 2016. http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/index.html.
SIGNAL INTEGRITY CHALLENGES AND THE ENGINEERING TOOLS THT SOVE THESE PROBLEMS - Mike Resso, Product Manager, Signal Integrity Applications, Component Test Division, Agilent Technologies, examines the dilemmas of signal integrity and potential solutions. 4:40 - 5:15 p.m. Thurs., March 5. Salazar 2009A. http://www.sonoma.edu/engineering/lecture_series/.
Theater
PIRATES OF PENZANCE -In this comic operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan (right), Frederic is, as a child, apprenticed to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates. His nurse, who is hard of hearing, had mistaken her master's instructions to apprentice the boy to a pilot. By the end of the opera, the pirates, a dotty Major General, his large family of beautiful but unwed daughters, and the timid police force, all contribute to a cacophony that can be silenced only by Queen Victoria's name. Evert B. Person Theater. Tickets available at door. Free for SSU students. Non-SSU students and seniors $8. Faculty, alumni and staff $12. General admission $15. Opening night is 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 20, with additional performances on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. For more information or to purchase advance tickets online, visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/54383.
Films
CADILLAC RECORDS - (2008) (left) In this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, "Cadillac Records" follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry. Scene It Big Screen Movie Night. 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28. Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2804.http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING - (2003) (Buddhist Fable) A graceful Buddhist fable by Korean director Kim Ki-duk, a tiny Buddhist temple perched on a floating platform in the middle of a jewel-like lake is tended by an aged monk and his protege, who passage through the seasons of life - from the thoughtless cruelty of childhood to the enlightenment of maturity - shapes the structure of this hauntingly beautiful and tantalizing enigmatic film. ( 103 min., in Korean w/English subtitles). Thurs., March 5, 7 p.m. Darwin 103. Fri., March 6 7 p.m. and Sun., March 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-4332. http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/.
Galleries
HIDDEN TREASURES: SELECTIONS FROM THE SSU ART GALLERY PERMANENT COLLECTION - Many of the 16 artists shown are household names - Picasso, Miro, Kandinsky; others are names known to those more familiar with 20th century art history - Dubuffet, Appel, Bellmer; and many others are renowned Bay Area artists - Morehouse, De Forest, Linhares. These works have come to the SSU Art Gallery from generous donors - some who have been collectors their whole lives, some who have donated one piece, all of whom believe in public education and access to art. The University Library Art Gallery is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; weekends, noon-5 p.m. Through Friday, March 13. Karen Brodsky (707) 664-4240 or visit http://library.sonoma.edu/about/gallery.html.
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. Sonoma State 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. Sonoma State University Art Gallery. Carla Stone. (707) 664-2295.
