featured events for october 2007Subscribe

Reading with David Friend
Monday, October 1, 2007.  12:00 PM.
Stanford Bookstore
Open to the public
AURORA FORUM: Making Connections: Photographic Storytellers From Around the World
Monday, October 1, 2007.  7:30 PM.
Kresge Auditorium
Free and Open to All
Social Innovators Series: Natalie Portman
Tuesday, October 2, 2007.  5:30 PM.
Kresge Auditorium, Stanford Law School
Free tickets are available at Tresidder Union. Must have ticket and valid student/faculty ID to attend event
Reading with Professor Estelle Freedman
Tuesday, October 2, 2007.  6:00 PM.
Women's Community Center
Open to the public. Parking free after 4pm
Manipuri Dance (Indian Classical Dance) by Darshana Jhaveri
Tuesday, October 2, 2007.  6:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford University
Free and open to the public
Party on the Edge
Thursday, October 4, 2007.  9:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford, off Palm Drive at Museum Way -- there is a special Midnight Marguerite stop at the Cantor Arts Center for the night.
Admission with SU student ID
Marjorie Garber: "After the Humanities"
Monday, October 8, 2007.  4:00 PM.
Levinthal Hall Stanford Humanities Center 424 Santa Teresa Street Stanford University
Free and open to the public
AURORA FORUM: An Evening with Leonard Cohen and Philip Glass
Monday, October 8, 2007.  7:30 PM.
Memorial Auditorium
Free and Ticketed [ALL TICKETS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED]
Philip Glass, Book of Longing (West Coast Premiere)
Tuesday, October 9, 2007.  8:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University
$70/$58/$44/$38 (Adult) / $35/$29/$22/$19 (Stanford Student). Half-price tickets are available for young people age 15 and under and discounts are available for students and groups.
"How to Run A Private Equity Firm" - Warren Hellman on Corporate Governance and Best Practices in Private Equity
Wednesday, October 10, 2007.  05:30 PM.
Stanford Law School
Event is free. Please register at http://rockcenter.stanford.edu/hellman
A Conversation with Jeffrey Katzenberg
Thursday, October 11, 2007.  4:30 PM.
Kresge Auditorium

Reunion Homecoming
Ongoing every day from October 11, 2007 through October 14, 2007.
Check-in at Ford Center
Registration required.
Roundtable at Stanford
Saturday, October 13, 2007.  9:15 AM.
Maples Pavilion
Open to the public and held in collaboration with Stanford Reunion Homecoming. Tickets available from the Stanford Ticket Office at 650-725-2787.
Reunion Homecoming Alumni Memorial Service and Multi-faith University Public Worship.
Sunday, October 14, 2007.  10:00 AM.
Stanford Memorial Church
Free and open to all.
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Sunday, October 14, 2007.  2:30 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
$44/$40 (Adult) / $22/$20 (Stanford Student). Half-price tickets are available for young people age 15 and under and discounts are available for students and groups.
Peter Cole "The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950- 1492"
Tuesday, October 16, 2007.  12:00 PM.
Building 460- Terrace Room
Free and open to the public
Alejandro Toledo in conversation with Larry Diamond: Can Democracy Reach the Poor?
Tuesday, October 16, 2007.  5:00 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education (485 Lasuen Mall)
Free. Open to the public.
Why is There no Key of H?
Wednesday, October 17, 2007.  7:30 PM.
Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center
FREE; no registration required Open to the public
Noche Flamenca
Wednesday, October 17, 2007.  8:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University
$44/$38/$26/$18 (Adult) / $22/$19/$13/$9 (Stanford Student). Half-price tickets are available for young people age 15 and under and discounts are available for students and groups.
An Evening with Dianne Reeves and Esperanza Spalding
Friday, October 19, 2007.  8:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University
$56/$48/$40/$34 (Adult) / $28/$24/$20/$17 (Stanford Student). Half-price tickets are available for young people age 15 and under and discounts are available for students and groups.
Documentary Photography in the Digital Age
Saturday, October 20, 2007.  10:30 AM.
Department of Art and Art History Nathan Cummings Building Annenberg Auditorium
Free to the public. RSVP recommended due to limited seating. Register, get information and directions at: http://photosymposium.stanford.edu/
NOBEL PRIZE in Literature Orhan PAMUK
Monday, October 22, 2007.  6:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium
Free and open to the public. No tickets required.
Town hall discussion on: American Innovation and the Future of Education
Monday, October 22, 2007.  6:00 PM.
Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford University
Free, open to all. No tickets required but please RSVP to Megan Tuttle: mtuttle@theatlantic.com
Mark Doty Reading
Tuesday, October 23, 2007.  8:00 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium
Free & Open to the Public
What Matters to Me and Why, featuring Rob Reich
Wednesday, October 24, 2007.  12:00 PM.
The CIRCLE, Old Union, 3rd Floor
Free and open to all.
Daniel Pearl Memorial Concert
Wednesday, October 24, 2007.  8:00 PM.
Stanford Memorial Church
Free and open to all.
10th United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF)
Ongoing every day from October 24, 2007 through October 28, 2007.
San Francisco, Palo Alto, Stanford, and East Palo Alto
For tickets and more information: www.unaff.org
Life in Motion Symposium
Thursday, October 25, 2007.  9:00 AM.
James H. Clark Center Auditorium

Faith and Feminism in Islam
Thursday, October 25, 2007.  5:30 PM.
The Circle (located in the New Old Union)

Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Jindong Cai
Friday, October 26, 2007.  8:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
$10/$5
8th Annual Biomedical Computation at Stanford Symposium
Saturday, October 27, 2007.  8:00 AM.
Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford University
Early registration (by October 19) is FREE for Stanford students, $10 for non-Stanford students, and $75 for others. On-site registration is $10 for Stanford students, $20 for non-Stanford students, and $150 for others.
CANCELLED - Understanding Buddhist Art: Ancient India
Saturday, October 27, 2007.  1:00 PM.
Wallenberg Hall (Bldg. 160) – Lecture Cantor Arts Center – Gallery tour
FREE; no registration required Open to the public
Presidential Lecture by Simon Schama -The Abolition of the Slave Trade--America and Britain: Two Diverging Destinies?
Monday, October 29, 2007.  07:00 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium School of Education 485 Lasuen Mall Stanford University
Free and open to the public
Stages of Reconciliation Film Screening: Beyond the Gates (UK title Shooting Dogs)
Monday, October 29, 2007.  7:00 PM.
Pigott Theater (behind Memorial Auditorium)
Free and open to the public
IT Open House
Wednesday, October 31, 2007.  10:00 AM.
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
Free campus-wide event open to all faculty, staff and students
Halloween Concert
Wednesday, October 31, 2007.  8:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
$10/$5