*All events are free unless otherwise noted
CAMPUS CLOSED - VETERAN'S DAY, TUESDAY, NOV. 11
LECTURES
THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING ANTIMATTER - Dr. Helen Quinn of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (left) describes how physicists address the puzzle of how it came about that, with very similar laws of physics for matter and antimatter, the Universe is populated with matter but very little antimatter. "What Physicists Do" Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2119. http://phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/
KARL MCDADE - Karl McDade, Diablo Valley College, spent the last year on sabbatical learning how to transfer digital images to ceramic surfaces. His newest body of work combines contemporary and ancient Greek imagery on to traditional classical forms. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Noon, Tuesday, Nov. 11. Art 102. (707) 664-2364. For a complete list of events in this lecture series, visit http://www.sonoma.edu/art/visitingartists/
TOWN HALL MEETING ON SSU BUDGET - Discussion of financial and budget issues and the impact on the campus. Noon-1 p.m., Thursday, Nov 13, Cooperage 2. Town Hall SSU Budget Series. Barbara Danelia, (707) 664-2167.
A FORCE OF NATURE: REVEALING THE STRENGTH OF YOUR NATURE THROUGH YOGA - Barbra Brady, a certified yoga teacher, leads a discussion on the benefits of Tantric Hatha Yoga for women. Brady's teachings focus on creating a personal practice of yoga postures, breathing techniques and meditation that are aligned with the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, or "The Science of Life." Women's Health Lecture Series. Noon, Thursday, Nov. 13. Carson 68. (707) 664-2840. For a complete list of events in this lecture series, visit http://www.sonoma.edu/womenstudies/WHLSFLIER08.pdf
PDES AND ASYMPTOTICS FOR THE TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE - Joseph Biello, UC Davis (right) discusses patterns in tropical atmospheres. The equations governing the atmosphere are extremely complicated to solve even on modern massively parallel computers. However, amid this complexity there often arise well-organized structures such as jet streams and weather fronts in the middle latitudes. A more subtle and complicated example was discovered in 1972 in the tropics; it consists of an extremely large-scale wind pattern in which are embedded smaller scale storm systems, themselves consisting of organized storms. While this pattern moves eastward, its embedded structures move westward. M*A*T*H Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2368. For a complete list of events in this lecture series, visit http://www.sonoma.edu/math/colloq/colloqf08.pdf
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT: JEWISH LITERATURE - Allegra Goodman's novel, Kaaterskill Falls (left) is the focus. In Goodman's fictional recreation, Kaaterskill Falls is a place where various segments of American Jewish society come together. Goodman shows that during the summer of 1976 the interplay between individuals and their communities was particularly intense for American Jews as they celebrated America's bicentennial and Israel's courage at Entebbe. Noon, Thursday, Nov. 13. Schulz 3001. (707) 664-4240.
SIMULATING PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS - Jim Horning, Sparta, Sunnyvale, describes methods for simulating atmospheric weather, ocean currents and the spread of life in a game-quality environment. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, Nov. 13. Salazar 2016. (707) 664-2667. For a complete list of events in this lecture series, visit http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/cs_dept/events/
JOURNALIST DAHR JAMAIL ON THE EXODUS OF IRAQ - Award-winning independent reporter and photographer Dahr Jamail presents his #1 ranked story on the refugee crisis in Iraq. 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 13, Darwin 103.
Tickets: $10 ($5 online at www.projectcensored.org/lectures) Free for SSU students and staff. Sponsored by Project Censored. (707) 664-2500.
FILMS
OPERATION FILMMAKER - (2008) Nina Davenport's documentary about an Iraqi film student (right) who gets an internship on a Liev Schreiber film. Is a tale of good intentions gone dramatically (and comically) awry. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free. 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 9. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664-2606. www.sonoma.edu/sfi
VIOLETTE - (1978, Claude Chabrol) Based on a true story, Isabelle Huppert plays a pretty and dissolute French working class girl who became nationally famous for a scandalous crime. Admission is $5, $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, and $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14. Warren Auditorium, Ives 101. (707) 664- 2606. For a complete list of events, visit www.sonoma.edu/sfi
HANCOCK- A hard-living superhero (left) who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who's trying to repair his image. Starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman. Scene It Big Screen Movie Night. 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15. The Cooperage. (707) 664-2804.
THEATRE
HEART OF A DOG - Adapted by Frank Galati from the play by Mikhail Bugakov and directed by Judy Navas. Heart of A Dog is an imaginative sci-fi comedy written just after the Russian Revolution. Professor Preobrajansky, an innovative medical practitioner who specializes in sexual rejuvenation battles with the management committee of his apartment house who want the professor to give up some of his many rooms. But when the professor takes in a stray dog, Sharik, and transplants human testes and a pituitary gland into his scrawny body, his troubles begin to multiply. Sharik not only learns to walk upright and talk, but becomes "Comrade Sharikov," the head of the Moscow Communal Property Administration in charge of exterminating homeless cats and turns the life in the professor's house into a nightmare. 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14; and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15. Evert B. Person Theatre. (707) 664-2353. For more information, visit http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/perf/cal_0811.shtml
MUSIC
TRIO NAVARRO - SSU's resident trio plays Paul Juon, Rachmaninoff, and Anton Arensky. $12 general; $10 faculty, alumni and students; $8 seniors/students; SSU students free. Resident Artist Series. 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 9. Ives 119. (707) 664-2353. 
RESIDENTIAL LIFE
BIG CATS SHOW - Trainers Rob and Barbara Dicely of Leopards, Etc. lead discussions about the five different species of big cats. Scheduled to appear are a king cheetah, a cougar, a snow leopard, an ocelot, and a lynx. Many of the cats are endangered or at risk due to the fur trade hunters. 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12. The Cooperage. (707) 664-2815.
