Lectures
EXPLORING THE EXTREME UNIVERSE WITH FERMI - (left) Dr. Lynn Cominsky describes recent discoveries from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which is observing black holes, exploding stars and more. What Phsyicists Do Lecture Series. Mon., March 23, 4 p.m. Darwin 103. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.
POET AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST KYTHE HELLER - Poet and performance artist Kythe Heller offers a multi-media meditation on the ancient theme of fire - fire as a rage and death-bringer and fire as a creative and transformative power. Writers on Writing Program, the Nadenia Newkirk Foundation and the Department of English. Tues., March 24, 6 p.m. Schulz 3001.
KAT HUTTER - Kat Hutter, an oil and ceramic artist, relies on distorting the context in which shapes/objects exist through cultural or societal categorization. The relationship of recurrent visual signals in contemporary culture and the physical routine of living in the culture begin to build as layers in the patterns of everyday. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Tues., March 24, noon. Art 102. http://www.sonoma.edu/art/visitingartists/.
RECLUSIVE, ECCENTRIC, AND CURIOUS: ART CREATED IN SOLITUDE AND CONFINEMENT - (right) Psychology Professor Geri Olson examines the spontaneous, obsessive and driven art done by artists in confinement, secrecy or solitude, living on the margins of social groups or in prisons and other institutions where supplies are limited and freedom to meet like-minded others is rare. School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series. Tues., March 24, noon. Stevenson 2011. http://www.sonoma.edu/socsci/.
RICK LUTTMANN FASHION SHOW - Mathematics professor Rick Luttman models some of his most eccentric outfits. SSU Math Club. Students $5, General $10. Tues., March 24, 7 - 9 p.m. Cooperage. (707) 664-2368.
EYES WIDE OPEN: HISTORICAL WOMEN'S POETRY - SSU's own Kerbrina Boyd recites famous poems written by African-American women over the past 100 years and speaks about the history and background of each author. Tues., March 24, 7 p.m. The Pub. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
THE MINSK GHETTO 1941 - 1943: JEWISH RESISTANCE AND SOVIET INTERNATIONALISM - Dr. Barbara Epstein, University of California at Santa Cruz, examines the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans. Annual Robert L. Harris Memorial lecture as part of the 26th Annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. Tues., March 24, 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.
WHAT DOES TRANSITION HAVE TO DO WITH BELONGING? - Steve Toby, an openly female-to-male trans-gender psychotherapist, discusses the unique role that belonging plays in compelling those who identify as trans-gender to seek hormonal and surgical treatment. Women's Health Lecture Series. Tues., March 24, noon. Carson 68. http://www.sonoma.edu/WomenStudies/current_lectures.htm.
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES TO HABITAT TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION - Jonathan Stillman, San Francisco State University, examines the impacts of temperature fluctuation on marine life. Biology Colloquium Lecture Series. Tues., March 24, noon. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/home/colloquium.shtml.
VOTE FOR YOUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT - Students are invited to cast their ballots for next year's Associated Students leaders. Polling takes place in Stevenson, Zinfandel and Sauvignon. Tues., March 24 and Wed., March 25. For more information, visit http://www.sonoma.edu/campuslife/elections.
A BIJECTION ON CORE PARTITIONS - Brant Jones, UC Davis, gives several new interpretations of a bijection between cores that were used recently by Berg and Vazirani, including a geometric description in terms of a root lattice. M*A*T*H* Colloquium Lecture Series. 4 p.m. Weds., March 25. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/math/nsf/colloquium.shtml.
THE NEW WORLD DISORDER: OBAMA'S AMERICA IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE - Chris O'Sullivan, author of "Sumner Welles, Postwar Planning and the quest for a New World Order" and professor of history at the University of San Francisco, explores the host of difficult global challenges, including wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, re-launching the Middle East peace process, global climate change, and the worldwide economic crisis, that face the new Obama administration and will offer observations on the prospects for new approaches to global challenges. Thurs., March 26, 6:30 - 8 p.m. Commons. Miriam Hutchins. (707) 664-2409.
WOMEN, ISLAM AND MODERNITY IN SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA - Adrienne Edgar, Associate Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara, is a pioneer in the field of modern Central Asian history and the author of "Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan." In 2006, the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians honored Edgar for her trailblazing work on gender, religion and nationalism along the Muslim peoples of the former Soviet Union. Thurs., March 26, 3 - 5 p.m. Multipurpose Room, Student Union.
OPEN FORUMS ON DIVERSITY - Students, staff and faculty are invited to share concerns and offer suggestions about diversity on-campus. Free pizza. Senate Ad Hoc Diveristy Committee, President's Diversity Committee and Associated Students. Tues., March 24, 2 to 4 p.m. Weds., March 25., 3 - 5 p.m. Thurs., March 26, noon - 2 p.m. Multipurpose Room, Student Union. Elisa Velasquez. velasqel@sonoma.edu.
MULTICULTURAL NIGHT - The second annual multicultural night will cross racial and cultural boundaries culminating in an explosion of diversity and entertainment, including a fashion show, dancing and songs. Thurs., March 26, 6 p.m. Cooperage.
TISSEROMAN: THE WEAVING OF FEMALE SELFHOOD WITHIN FEMININE COMMUNITIES IN POST-COLONIAL NOVELS - Modern Languages & Literature professor Grethchen Kellough explores several contemporary women writers from West Africa and the Caribbean who have re-conceptualized the relationship between an individual and society through their depiction of local struggles against gender and racial oppression, particularly with reference to the female experience of self and feminine community. Thurs., March 26, 12:05 p.m. Schulz 3001. http://www.sonoma.edu/a&h/AHForum.htm.
CAREER FORUM FOR STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES - Speakers discuss job opportunities for Social Science students, including career pathways in city planning, human resources and advertising. Thurs., March 26, noon. Stevenson 2049.
STORAGE CLASS MEMORY TECHNOLOGY AND USE - David Pease, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, examines revolutionary new technologies for a solid-state, nonvolatile random access memory that will replace the disk drive and what impact this will on the design of future storage and memory systems. Computer Science Colloquium Lecture Series. Thurs., March 26, noon. Salazar 2016. http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/index.html.
CHILDREN'S SCHOOL FUNDRAISER - SSU's Pub hosts a fundraising "dine and donate" event to raise money for the The Children's School. The more sales made, the higher percentage of money that will be donated to help support The Children's School program, which provides excellence in early education programs for more than 100 children of SSU students, faculty and staff. Noon - 1 p.m. is the busiest time at The Pub, so plan ahead. Thurs., March 26, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Pub.
ZION I- FEATURING THE BAYLIENS - Zion I, one of the Bay Area's most highly respected hip-hop groups perform hits from their newest record, "The Take Over." DJ AmpLive's futuristic production techniques and MC Zumbi's strong and substantial lyrical content have taken this duo to the top of the underground. Fri., March 27, 8 p.m. The Commons. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp.
EMBODIED SPIRIT: THE NATURAL WORLD AND THE REDEMPTION OF THE FEMININE IN ALCHEMY - Dr. Dyane N. Sherwood, C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, presents a slide-illustrated lecture in which she suggests that any psychological transformation must include an engagement with the material world and its mysteries. This seminar presents images and texts that illuminate the redemption of the feminine and a renewal within a relationship to the natural world, which is a central theme of the medieval European alchemists. $25 admission. Depth Psychology Lecture Series. Sat., March 28, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Cooperage. Laurel McCabe. (707) 664-2130. http://sonoma.edu/psychology/depth/events/2009.
Theater
FACULTY COMPOSER CONCERT - Music by faculty composers Will Johnson, Jeff Langley and Jesus Contreras is featured. Also on the program is Brian S. Wilson's Prayer for Peace for Women's Choir and his percussion quintet for multi-percussion and piano entitled Shalom Alechem. Students with ID and seniors $8, faculty, alumni and staff $10, general admission $12. Fri., March 27, 7:30 p.m. Ives 199. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/54390.
Films
ON AN AVERAGE DAY - Narrow Way Stage Company, a theater company founded and run by SSU students, presents the Bay Area premiere of "On an Average Day." Set in the home of acutely lonely Robert when his older brother Jack arrives for a visit, this mystery play features notable Bay Area actors Nick Christenson and Chris Ginesi and was directed by Adam Palafox. Thurs., March 26. Fri., March 27. Sat., March 28. Sun., March 29. 8 p.m. "The Annex" (formerly New College), 99 Sixth St, in Santa Rosa's Historic Railroad Square. $15 seniors/ students with I.D., $18 general admission. Limited number of "Pay-What-You-Can" tickets available every Thursday night, on a first come first serve basis. (707) 332 - 3870. www.narrowwaystage.com.
SEVEN POUNDS - (2008) (right) An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers. Scene It Big Screen Movie Night. 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28. Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2804.
THE HUMAN BEAST ("LA BETE HUMAINE") - (1938) (Renoir Classis) Inspired by Jean Gabin's desire to play a locomotive engineer, "The Human Beast" is the story of a romantic triangle; the human passions that are stunningly complemented by Renoir's location filming, bringing steam and sex together in a potent cocktail. (105 min., in French w/ English subtitles). 7 p.m. Thurs., March 26, 7 p.m. Darwin 103. Fri., March 27, 7 p.m. and Sun., March 28, 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium. (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. 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.
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.
