featured events for january 2009


Hoover Media Fellow Talk
Monday, January 5, 2009.  4:00 PM.
Lane/Lyons/Lodato room in the Arrillaga Alumni Center.
Free and open to the public
Rob Kapilow's "What Makes It Great?"
Wednesday, January 7, 2009.  8:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Tickets: Adults--$34/38; Stanford Students--$17/19
"More Stories by Tobias Wolff": Word for Word Performing Arts Company
Saturday, January 10, 2009.  8:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford
Tickets: Adults--$30/36; Stanford Students--$15/18
A New Stanford Initiative on the Global Energy Crisis
Monday, January 12, 2009.  4:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium
Doors open at 3:30 p.m.
Presidential Lecture by Daniel C. Dennett
Monday, January 12, 2009.  7:00 PM.
Building 320 (Geology Corner), Room 105 Stanford University
Free and open to the public
Very Close to Far Away - 1st Year MFA Exhibition
Ongoing every day from January 13, 2009 through February 22, 2009.  10:00 AM.
Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery
Free and open to the public
Liberals and Libertarians: Kissing Cousins or Distant Relatives?
Tuesday, January 13, 2009.  3:00 PM.
Encina Hall, Philippines Conference Room (C330).
Free and open to the public.
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture - Hugh Martin
Wednesday, January 14, 2009.  4:30 PM.
Skilling Auditorium
Free, open to the public
Yoko Ono lecture "Passages for Light"
Wednesday, January 14, 2009.  7:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
The "Passages for Light" lecture is free for all members of the Stanford community (with current Stanford ID). Tickets will be limited to 2 per Stanford ID and available through Stanford Ticket Office located at Tresidder Union beginning January 7, 2009.
Stanford Pioneers In Science: Carl Djerassi
Wednesday, January 14, 2009.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education
FREE; No registration required Open to the public
Later start time & New ROOM!! "Wildfires in the West Forum"
Thursday, January 15, 2009.  3:30 PM.
Jerry Yang & Akiko Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building(Y2E2) 473 Via Ortega Classroom Room 111
Free and open to the public
"Women and Ethnicity in the Media: Jewish Women on Network Television " by Olivia Cohen-Cutler, SVP, ABC News Network
Thursday, January 15, 2009.  4:00 PM.
Building 460- Terrace Room (4th Floor)
Free and open to the public
Winter One Acts 2009
Ongoing every day from January 15, 2009 through January 17, 2009.  8:00 PM.
Pigott Theater
Students $10, Faculty/Staff/Alumni $15, General $20
2009 A. J. Horn Lecture: FUELING THE FUTURE
Tuesday, January 20, 2009.  7:30 PM.
Kresge Auditorium
Free and open to the public.
What Matters to Me and Why
Wednesday, January 21, 2009.  12:00 PM.
The CIRCLE, Common Room, Old Union, 3rd Floor
Free and open to all.
Aurora Forum | Education for Citizenship Series | Loyalty: Virtue or Vice?
Wednesday, January 21, 2009.  7:30 PM.
Kresge Auditorium
Free and Open to All
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Sunday, January 25, 2009.  2:30 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Tickets: Adults--$42/46; Stanford Students--$21/23
"Origin" - A Dramatic Reading
Monday, January 26, 2009.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium (School of Education)
Free and open to the public.
The Roger W. Heyns Lectureship in Religion and Community featuring Eboo Patel
Tuesday, January 27, 2009.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford University.
Advanced free ticket distribution for students with a Stanford student ID begins January 26 in White Plaza. An additional 150 free tickets will be available to the public at the event, on a first come, first served basis.
Daniel Levitin: Mental Representations for Music
Wednesday, January 28, 2009.  3:45 PM.
Jordan Hall Bldg 420, Rm 41
Free and open to the public.
David Mamet: Art, Politics, Judaism, and the Mind of David Mamet
Wednesday, January 28, 2009.  7:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium
Tickets FREE with Stanford ID, distributed Jan 26-28 in White Plaza, 12-1 pm; GCC, 8-9:30 pm (Jan. 26). General admission tickets $20 at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=167031
The Messiaen Centenary: Messiaen Remix
Wednesday, January 28, 2009.  8:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Tickets: Adults--$32/38; Stanford Students--$16/19
Medieval Matters - Death and the Maiden: From Chaucer to Pearl Jam
Thursday, January 29, 2009.  7:00 PM.
Pigott Hall (Bldg. 260), Room 113
FREE; No registration required Open to the public
The Ethics of Food & the Environment Series/The Garden (film) - nominated for Best Documentary (2009)
Thursday, January 29, 2009.  7:00 PM.
Cummings Art Bldg, Annenberg Auditorium
Free and open to the public.
Aurora Forum | Creative Couples Series: Irvin and Marilyn Yalom
Thursday, January 29, 2009.  7:30 PM.
Kresge Auditorium
Free and Open to All