Activities Calendar - December 2007


Tuesday, Decemember 4


International Forum: Public Health Debates in Africa: A Traveler’s Snapshot
AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis top the list of public health threats throughout much of the developing world. This is especially true in Africa, where these diseases jeopardize the social, political, and economic stability of many countries. Lisa Emmerich recently traveled to southern Africa and will offer a series of "traveler's snapshots" of some of the most pressing current public health concerns facing the citizens of South Africa, Botswana, and Zambia. Presented by Dr. Lisa Emmerich, PAC 134, 5:00-5:50pm.


Art and Art History Talk on Shojo Manga (Japanese Girls’ Comics)
Masami Toku will be talking about how Japanese popular culture, especially Shojo Manga, has had an impact on visual literacy worldwide. Toku is the curator of the North American touring exhibition Girls’ Power! Shojo Manga!, which started in Chico in Oct. ‘05 and ends in Vancouver in Nov. ‘07 after traveling to nine sites in North America. This exhibition shows how the genre of girls’ comics has changed over the years to reflect girls’ and women’s social roles. She will give an overview of the exhibition, the most comprehensive of the history of Shojo Manga anywhere. Trinity 100, 4:30-6:30pm.


University Film Series: In the Mood for Love
(2000, Hong Kong) 94 minutes
Directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Hosted by Wai-hung Wong, Department of Philosophy and Humanities Center Board. Co-sponsored by the A.S. Committee on Arts and Lectures (CAL). Chow (Tony Leung) and Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung) become more than friends when they realize their spouses are having an affair. Modish costumes, lavish sets, and rich moody lighting set the tone for this stylish drama that takes place in Hong Kong in the ‘60s.



Wednesday, December 5


Chico Performances: Chava Alberstein, Israeli Folk Legend
Performing a soulful blend of traditional folk and pop music, Israel's Chava Alberstein has nearly 50 recordings and numerous gold and platinum records. Alberstein speaks for a people, a culture, a country. From songs of love, peace, and oppression, to melancholy tunes about loss and poverty, Alberstein's music is laden with the bittersweet tension between the national and universal. She is a performer who breaks boundaries with her message and unifies listeners with her spirit. Laxson Auditorium, 7:30pm.



Thursday, December 6


The College of Humanities and Fine Arts is sponsoring a tour for students, staff, faculty, and the community to Spain and Portugal, June 1-12, 2008. This tertulia will introduce some of the highlights of the tour including Lisbon’s Ajuda Palace and Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, Mérida’s Roman Amphitheatre and National Museum of Roman Art, Córdoba’s Mezquita, Granada’s Alhambra, El Greco’s Home and the Cathedral in Toledo, and the Prado, Royal Palace, and Reina Sofia in Madrid. Humanities Center Friday Tertulia, 4-5:30pm, Trinity 100.


They Still Draw Pictures: Children's Art in Wartime from the Spanish Civil War to Iraq

The exhibit is curated by The Abraham Lincoln Brigades Archives. It is divided thematically into five parts: before the war, ordeal of war, evacuation of children, life as refugees, images of the future. Contents include kid's drawings from Spanish Civil War refugee camps, from later conflicts, including World War II, the Holocaust, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, Chiapas, and Iraq.


The show will be in the BMU second floor study lounge from November 28 to December 19. December 6th there will be a reception at 4 p.m. David Smith an International Brigade veteran will present "The International Brigades and the US Involvement in the Spanish Civil War." Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.



Tuesday, December 11


International Forum: Participatory Mapping in the Sierra de Juárez, Mexico
Presented by Dr. Scott Brady. PAC 134, 5:00-5:50pm.


University Film Series: Three Crowns of the Sailor
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Raul Ruiz (Time Regained, Comedy of Innocence, The Golden Boat) directs this surreal drama based on the southern Chilean island of Chilo’s myth of “Caleuche” or “The Ship of the Dead.” On a dark, foggy night and in exchange for three Danish crowns, a sailor tells a young man, who has just committed murder, his life story aboard a cursed ship with a ghostly crew. The threads of the story overlap and interweave with exotic characters in strange landscapes. Ayers 106, 7:30pm.