Taken from the May 12 issue of 93106
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 4 p.m., Campbell Hall Congressman Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the Democrats' presidential nod, will describe his vision for America and answer questions. His Web site is IHC LECTURE 4 p.m., HSSB 6020 Indiana University historian Joanne Meyerowitz will discuss "Rethinking Sex: The Case of Christine Jorgensen." SITAR FILM 7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall "Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds" documents the life and spiritual journey of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, including his collaborations with Yehudi Menuhin, John Coltrane, and The Beatles. TUESDAY 13 ECOFEMINIST TALK 4 p.m., Women's Center Alison Kafer discusses "Accessible Trails and other (Un)Natural Disasters: Physical Disability, Nature, and Ecofeminism." QUEER LECTURE 6:30 p.m., MultiCultural Center Graduate student Tiffany Willoughby will discuss queer people of color and the way they use fiction to talk about family, racism, and acceptance. WEDNESDAY 14 MEDICAL EDUCATION 8 a.m., Student Health Dr. Graham Hurvitz discusses "Hip Disorders/Injuries in Young Adults." AMERICAN INDIAN DAY 11 a.m., Storke Tower Celebrate with a bring-your-own picnic at the Peace Tree. LEARN-AT-LUNCH Noon, UCen Flying A Studio Ian Kaminsky, director of the Student Health Service's Alcohol and Other Drugs Program, discusses "Motivating People to Make Healthy Life Change." WORLD MUSIC Noon, Music Bowl Ethnomusicologist Scott Marcus leads the UCSB Indian Music Ensemble in North Indian classical music on sitars and tabla drums. SCHOLARS OF COLOR FILM 6 p.m., MultiCultural Center The mixed experiences of humanities and social sciences scholars of color is examined in "Shattering the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty." THURSDAY 15 GRADUATE LECTURE 4 p.m., Women's Center Graduate student Beth Currans discusses "Taking to the Streets: Politics and Belief in Women's Public Protest." GIS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT 3:30 p.m., Buchanan Hall 1940 Sam Houston State University, Texas, geographer Mark R. Leipnik will discuss applications of geographic information systems in law enforcement and crime analysis. IHC LECTURE 3:30 p.m., South Hall 1623 Labor historian Leon Fink discusses his new book, "The Maya of Morganton: Work and Community in the Nuevo New South." GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES 4 p.m., Webb Hall 1100 Geological sciences graduate students, Nate Onderdonk and Jessica Jager will talk about plate boundaries. MESSAGE-MAKING ART 4:30 p.m., MultiCultural Center Join in a group art-making process using unconventional methods. ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE 5 p.m., Bren Hall 1414 UCSB environmental sociologist William Freudenburg will discuss "The Chainsaw, the Nest, and the Significance Test: Environmental Protection and Logging Jobs in the Pacific Northwest." DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PANEL 5:30 p.m., Timbers Restaurant PWA presents a dinner and discussion of domestic violence. Reservations required via its Web TEMPLETON RESEARCH LECTURE 7:30 p.m., Corwin Pavilion Geographer and series organizer Jim Proctor delivers the last of the Templeton lectures, "In ___ We Trust: Science, Religion, and Authority." "RIVERS AND TIDES" 7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall Scottish landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy creates unique art from wood, leaves, stone, and ice. Repeats at 9:30 p.m.
FRIDAY 16 ENERGY MARKET LECTURE Noon, Visitor Center Princeton University's Rene Carmona, professor of engineering and finance, will speak on "Derivative Pricing and Risk Management in the Energy Markets: The Role of Mathe-matics."  AUTHOR'S LECTURE 8 p.m., Campbell Hall The Executing Justice Series presents Sister Helen Prejean, whose "Dead Man Walking" book on the Louisiana execution process was adapted into an opera and a film.
SATURDAY 17 A CAPPELLA CONCERT 8 p.m., MultiCultural Center A cappella group Vocolot combines multiple vocal traditions in a concert titled "Original Music with Universal Heart, Jewish Soul, and Social Conscience."
SUNDAY 18 UCSB GUITAR ENSEMBLE 7 p.m., The Presidio John Dearman directs works from the Baroque to the 20th century. MONDAY 19 IHC LECTURE Noon, HSSB 6020 Harvard University's Svetlana Boym, professor of Slavic and comparative literature, will discuss "Freedom of Expression and Russian-American Art."  "QUEEN
OF THE GYPSIES"7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall Gypsy performer Carmen Amaya, who brought flamenco to the international stage, has her story dramatized. TUESDAY 20 "WILD SEED" LECTURE 4 p.m., Women's Center Ingrid Thaler will discuss "Ambiguous Discourses: Time, Race, and Genre in Octavia E. Butler's 'Wil d Seed'." WEDNESDAY 21 WORLD MUSIC Noon, Music Bowl The Lemon Pickers perform old time music with fiddle, banjo, spoons, squeezebox, and cello. DAY OF REFLECTION Noon to 6 p.m., MultiCultural Center, other venues Various workshops, films, and discussions center on U.S. domestic and foreign policy issues. READING BY DEMETRIA MARTINEZ 4 p.m., HSSB 6020 Novelist, poet, and reporter Demetria Martinez shares her work. BIKE-TO-WORK PARTY 5 p.m., Faculty Club Lawn Free food, drink, and raffle is offered all who bike to work today. FILM DOCUMENTARY 6 p.m., MultiCultural Center Filmmaker Robert Nakamura will present his documentary on the first person to photograph inside America's World War II internment camps in "Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Grey." THURSDAY 22 ELDER CARE WORKSHOP Noon, Visitors' Center Guillermo Villagomez, Santa Barbara County Medi-Cal trainer, will discuss "Overview of the Medi-Cal Program." WOMEN AUTHORS 4 p.m., Women's Center Chancellor Henry T. Yang and Acting Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas join the Women's Center in celebrating UCSB women authors. "SANDSTORM" 7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall Filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra will present his movie of a Rajas-thani social worker's struggle for justice against a feudal system.
CREATE CONCERT 8 p.m., Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall This CREATE concert features Italian composer Martino Traversa, in his premiere American appearance, and a new electronic work by UCSB faculty composer Curtis Roads. MATH LECTURE 8 p.m., Faculty Club Stanford mathematician George Papanicolaou will offer a free talk on "Financial Mathematics as a New Interdisciplinary Area in Industry, Education, and Research." FRIDAY 23 ART LECTURE 1 p.m., HSSB 6020 Art historian Shifra Goldman will discuss "Contra-Kahlo: The Quest for Women Artists in 20th-century Mexico." MONDAY 26 UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY |
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