(USA 2006) 60 min. Directed by Mike Wellins, Chico State art and English Alum. Music by Eric Bute, and Los Chongos. Premiere showing of this documentary about art faculty emeritus Latour. Reception to follow in the Humanities Center Gallery. Co-Hosted by Michelle Davis and the Department of Art and Art History. Latour and Wellins will be present.

Ballroom Dance Night is titled “Solid Gold” this spring. Theme is white and gold and will be held Wed., May 2, Shurmer Gym, 7pm - 10pm. Dance to the music of Swing, Salsa, Waltz, Tango and more. This event is sponsored by the Dept. of Kinesiology and Rec Sports, with Patricia Smiley as Director. Rolling back prices to the 1990”s. All dancers are $5 at the door. 898-6120 for more information.

By some accounts, six companies now control 90% of America’s news diet. Is this a problem? What are the effects of the concentration of media ownership? Matt Blake, Department of Journalism Ron Hirschbein, Philosophy Department Evan Tuchinsky, Editor, Chico News and Review. All events are free and open to the public. For information, please contact Marcel Daguerre, director, CAPE, 898-4840. CAPE promotes ethical reflection about issues of concern within and outside the university.

It is 1862 in Siam when an English widow, Anna Leonowens, and her young son arrive at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian and he seeks Anna’s assistance in changing his image, if not his ways. Keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another, in a truly unique love story. New Musical Theatre faculty member Mike Mazur directs this old favorite, with choreography by Susan Hargrave Pate. Orchestra conducted by Kyle Wiley Picket, conductor of the North State Symphony. Advance tickets: $20 Premium, $16 Adult, $14 Senior, $10 Student/Child (Reserved Seating) Presented by School of the Arts

“Three Stone Blades: An Inupiat Legend on DVD” Presented by Professor Emerita Valene L. Smith.

Professor Wright, of Southern Oregon University (SOU), fictional writer in the Bear Star Press and of Redemption Center, will be talking about his writings and the writing process. (891-0360)

Dr. Jonathan Eisen, UC Davis Genome Center, Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis presents “Phylogenomics and the Origin of Novelty in Microorganisms”

For more information, see: http://www.csuchico.edu/anth/Museum/off_esf.html

It is 1862 in Siam when an English widow, Anna Leonowens, and her young son arrive at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian and he seeks Anna’s assistance in changing his image, if not his ways. Keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another, in a truly unique love story. New Musical Theatre faculty member Mike Mazur directs this old favorite, with choreography by Susan Hargrave Pate. Orchestra conducted by Kyle Wiley Picket, conductor of the North State Symphony. Advance tickets: $20 Premium, $16 Adult, $14 Senior, $10 Student/Child (Reserved Seating)

Professor Wright, of Southern Oregon University (SOU), fiction writer in the Bear Star Press and of Redemption Center, will be reading from his short fiction at the 1078 Gallery in Chico. (343-1973)

It is 1862 in Siam when an English widow, Anna Leonowens, and her young son arrive at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian and he seeks Anna’s assistance in changing his image, if not his ways. Keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another, in a truly unique love story. New Musical Theatre faculty member Mike Mazur directs this old favorite, with choreography by Susan Hargrave Pate. Orchestra conducted by Kyle Wiley Picket, conductor of the North State Symphony. Advance tickets: $20 Premium, $16 Adult, $14 Senior, $10 Student/Child (Reserved Seating)

A book signing with Chag Lowry. Author of “The Original Patriots: Northern California Indian Veterans of World War II.” This book features interviews with veterans from the Maidu, Pit River, Yurok, Hupa, Tolowa, Wiyot, Karuk, Shoshone, Washoe and Piaute cultures.

Free and open to the public. For information contact 898- 5397.

Sarah Blackstone, dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, will show slides of birds commonly seen in ponds and fields south of Chico during the winter and speak about where to see them, how to identify them, and how to photograph them.

Call Laird Easton, director, Humanities Center, for information (x4284).

Katherine Punteney will present a talk “Vacationing with the Villains: An American Woman’s Experience in Iran” at the International Forum on May 8, at 5pm - 6pm. Katherine Punteney is CSU, Chico’s International Student Advisor, teaches Asian Studies, and has lived in India and Japan. She has an M.A. degree in International Education. In her talk, she will reflect on her trip to Iran in March 2007. She will compare her expectations as they were shaped by the media before she left with the realities of daily life she observed, and the warm welcome she received.

The Concrete Industry Management Program is bringing the national Sustainability Director for the Portland Cement Association, David Shepherd, to Chico this Tuesday at 5:00 p.m.

Hosted by Nanette Wydle and produced by the Electronic Arts Program, Department of Art and Art History. The fourth annual International Shorts Festival at the UFS will feature Pushing the Non-Square Pixel ‘07, short works in film, video and animation by art students from Chico State, and The Wonder Show, works by members of Artists’ Television Access (ATA), a San Francisco-based experimental media arts gallery and screen venue in operation since 1984.

Dr. Rebecca Lytle, Dr. Leesa Huang and Dr. Susan Steffani facilitate “Resources for Parents of Children with Disabilities”

Watershed, CSU, Chico’s student-edited literary magazine since 1977, celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special reading and reception. An anniversary double issue of the magazine includes work from current writers as well as a retrospective section, “Thirty from Thirty,” featuring work from the magazine’s 30 years of publication. Please join us to hear local writers read their work.

Reception to follow.

Watershed magazine is edited by students in the Literary Editing and Publishing Certificate Program in the Department of English. The special anniversary issue will be available at the reading for $10.

Watershed is supported by funding from Instructionally Related Activities, the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and the Department of English. This reading is part of the Writer’s Voice Reading series.

1pm - 4pm
Poster Presentation
Holt Hall: rooms TBA

4pm - 5pm
Award Presentation
Holt 170

5pm - 6pm
BBQ/Picnic
Alumni Glen
See Biology web page for more information and instructions.

Part of the lecture series “Embedded Identities: Religions/Texts/Cultures”, which features recent work by faculty in the Department of Religious Studies.

Maestro Kyle Wiley Pickett leads the orchestra and choruses from Redding and Chico in two favorites by Johannes Brahms, the Song of Destiny and Naenie. The Symphony season concludes with the dramatic power of Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony, the Eroica. You will feel in your heart how music speaks, across the divide of centuries and continents, to all who are open to hear.

Advance tickets: $29 Premium, $23 General, $20 Economy, $22 Senior (General), $18 Senior (Economy), $18 Student/Child (General), $15 Student/Child (Economy) (Reserved Seating)

52nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition: April 30-May 13, 2007

The University Art Gallery presents the 52nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition of works by students enrolled in the Department of Art and Art History. Sixty-six students submitted 98 pieces for consideration. Guest juror Berin Golonu, Associate Visual Arts Curator, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, selected 30 pieces for the exhibition.

The selections represent a broad range of approaches and media, including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, video and glass. Ms. Golonu also awarded 4 prizes - 1st, 2nd, 3rd and a special Dean’s prize - all of which will remain a state secret until they are announced at the May 11 College of Humanities and Fine Arts’ gala “Celebration of Student Achievement” (see below).

Maestro Kyle Wiley Pickett leads the orchestra and choruses from Redding and Chico in two favorites by Johannes Brahms, the Song of Destiny and Naenie. The Symphony season concludes with the dramatic power of Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony, the Eroica. You will feel in your heart how music speaks, across the divide of centuries and continents, to all who are open to hear.

Advance tickets: $36 Premium, $23 General, $20 Economy, $22 Senior (General), $18 Senior (Economy), $18 Student/Child (General), $15 Student/Child (Economy) (Reserved Seating); for tickets call 530.243.8877

Fundraising and Mother’s Day Public Event
A donation of $10 ($6 for students) is requested to attend this event.

Dr. Nomura has been growing his straight black hair for several years and now is ready to donate his approximately three feet of hair to Locks of Love. We challenge the community to help us raise $500 per inch of hair, for a total of $18,000. Dr. Nomura’s hair will be shorn on the Bell Memorial Union (BMU) Auditorium stage on Sunday, May 13, 2007 from 6pm - 9pm at the public event Inch by Inch: Sustaining Health Across Cultures.

Contributions may be made via the University’s secure online giving site (http://secure.grizzardonline.com/csuchico/donations.cfm). Please specify “Inch by Inch” when using the website. Questions? Contact the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures 530-898-5388.

Or make a check payable to JAPANESE PROGRAM EVENT FUND, and specify the account number 06503 in the memo line of the check. Send checks to: Inch by Inch c/o Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, California State University Chico, Chico, CA, 95929-0825.

Always exciting, this exhibition shows student printmaking efforts from the last year in a juried printmakers” invitational. Awards from this exhibition become part of the Turner Student Print Collection. Awards are announced at the annual HFA “Celebration of Student Achievement” in May. Call the Museum Office at 530-898-4476 for additional information and confirmation of exhibition topics and times.

Students from the sociology of life class will be hosting a party for the senior citizens in the community. The students have taken down the oral histories of 18 people and they will be presenting those stories at the party.

Come join the party with students from the sociology of life class this afternoon.

Special Make-up Showing
Another Time Another Place (U.K., 1983) 96min. VHS. Directed and written by Michael Radford. Hosted by Laird Easton, Department of History and director of the Humanities Center

In September 1944 in the far north east of Scotland, a cattleman’s young wife becomes entranced with a passionate Italian prisoner of war. She is instantly assailed by guilt, but the pair’s compulsive mutual attraction and need lead to events that make this tragicomic story a gripping, tender, and powerful film. Originally shown on British television. Cast: Phyllis Logan, Giovanni Mauriello, Denise Coffey, Tom Watson, and Gian Luca Favilla

“A favorite for many years to come!” - MTI/Broadway Jr. website Welcome to Agrabah, City of Enchantment, where carpets fly and wise-cracking genies come to life! All of your favorite characters are here in this stage adaptation of the Disney hit, including Aladdin, Jasmine, and of course, the Genie. Filled with Academy Award winning songs like “A Whole New World” and “Friend Like Me,” this musical, performed by children for children, is sure to send you out of the theatre smiling! For more information, see http://www.csuchico.edu/upe/performance/index.php?page=performances&performer=Alladin_Jr Presented by Chico Performances