Lectures
"AIR: THE ANTIDOTE TO NATURE DEFICIT " - Rocky Rohwedder, Professor of Environmental Studies and Planning, leads a panel discussions on the increasingly important role of experiential, outdoor and community-based approaches to teaching and learning to offset the injury done to the human body by excessive exposure to electronic devices, especially among young people. Rohwedder calls this "nature deficit" and the first step is fresh air. Panelists include Ethnobotanist Kathleen Harrison and Craig Anderson, Executive Director of Landpaths, experts who work to connect students with outdoor classrooms.
Six Elements of Sustainability Lecture Series. 4-6 p.m., Thurs., March 12. Environmental Technology Center. Rocky Rohwedder, (707) 664-2249.
SAFE HARBOR? CULTURAL PLURALISM AND A CONTESTED LANDSCAPES IN A HISTORICAL FIJIAN PORT-O-CALL - Anthropology professor Margie Purser examines sociological forces at work in an historical Fiji. School of Social Sciences Brown Bag Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tues., March 10. Stevenson 2011. http://www.sonoma.edu/socsci/.
BREAKING THE SILENCE: A HOLOCAUST CHILDHOOD - Author Paul A. Schwarzbart (left) presents a lecture on the years of his childhood spent in hiding at a Catholic boys school. 26th annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. 4 p.m. - 5:40 p.m., Tues., March 10. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.
PUBLIC VIEWING NIGHT - Join amateur and professional astronomers to observe the Orion Nebula and the Beehive Cluster. 8 - 10 p.m. Friday, March 13. The Observatory is located inside the stadium area at the southeast corner of the campus. Call before coming if it appears possible that clouds or fog may force cancellation. (707) 664-2267. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/observatory/pvn.html.
MARY LIGHTFINE: NURSE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES - Mary Lightfine, author of "Nurses, Nomads and Warlords," founder of Nurses Without Boundaries and a seasoned veteran of the Nobel Prize-winning organization Doctors Without Borders, presents an inspiring multimedia presentation that illustrates how one person can make a difference in the world. Lightfine has felt the inhumanity of war, starvation and desperation from an up close and has lived among dozens of the world's most fascinating cultures in Countries like Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan. She will be speaking about all that she has encountered on her journeys, encouraging a new generation of leaders who intend to make a difference in the world around them. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., March 12. Cooperage. (707) 664-2382. http://www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/more/0312730.shtml.
PANDEMIC FLU - Dr. Mark Netherda, Sonoma County Dept. of Health Services, examines the danger of a flu pandemic. Biology Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/home/colloquium.shtml.
WHY CERTAIN INTEGRALS ARE "IMPOSSIBLE" - Pete Goetz, California State University Humboldt, explains why certain integrals are "impossible." The proofs rely on a 19th century theorem due to Liouville, and can be phrased in the language of differential Galois theory. M*A*T*H* Colloquium Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Wed., March 11. Reception, 3:45 p.m. Darwin 103. http://www.sonoma.edu/math/nsf/colloquium.shtml.
IMAGING WITH X-RAY LASERS - Dr. Stefano Marchesini, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, describes how novel x-ray sources will be used for high resolution three dimensional tomographic imaging required for developing nanoscience and nanotechnology. What Physicists Do Lecture Series. 4 p.m. Mon., March 9. Reception, 3:30 p.m. Darwin 103. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.
ONLY SIX DEGREES? SEXUAL NETWORKS AND HIV PREVENTION IN QUEER MALE COMMUNITIES - Scholar-activist Kyriell Noon (left), Executive Director of STOP AIDS Project, describes how even in major metropolitan areas, queer men are more closely connected to each other through sexual networks than previously thought. Working these networks to guide HIV prevention allows agencies to support existing friend groups, maximize community assets, and shape healthy community norms. Women's Health Lecture Series. Noon-12:50 p.m., Tues., March 10. Carson 68. http://www.sonoma.edu/WomenStudies/current_lectures.htm.
RUBY: AN INTRODUCTION - Ytha Y. Yu, California State University East Bay, offers a quick tour of Ruby, an interpreted object oriented programming language that has become popular recently. The Ruby on Rails framework is designed for fast and easy development of websites. Computer Science Colloquium Lecture Series. Noon, Thurs., March 12. Salazar 2016. http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/index.html.
Films
SILENT COMEDIES: CHAPLIN, KEATON AND LANGDON! - A selection of three silent comedies featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harry Langdon. A DOG'S LIFE - (left) Regarded by many as Charles Chaplin's first masterpiece, the Little Tramp rescues a mutt from a dogfight. (1918, 40 min., silent). THE GOAT - A mistaken-identity crisis precipitates an almost continuous - and continuously brilliant - chase through two adjoining towns where Buster Keaton is taken for Dead Eye Dan, Public Enemy. (1921, 23 min., silent). THREE'S A CROWD - Rarely shown film by the baby-faced silent clown Harry Langdon. This sentimental comedy that finds Langdon caring for a young woman and her child lost in a snowstorm. (1927, 60 min., silent) Screenings on Thurs., March 12 at 7 p.m. in Darwin 103 and Fri., March 13 at 7 p.m. and Sun., March 15 at 4 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-2606, http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/contact.html.
NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST - (2008) (right) A comedy about two people thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes, late-night living and live, loud music. Scene It Big Screen Movie Night. 9 p.m., Sat., March 14. Cooperage. (707) 664-2804.
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 am - 5 pm; weekends, noon-5 p.m. Through Fri., March 13. Karen Brodsky, (707) 664-4240.
