Symposium Programs Archive


2014

December 7 - Bob Kirk "PEARL HARBOR - BEHIND THE DAY OF INFAMY" (Audio only)

November 30 - Susan Nuernberg "HOLLYWOOD DOES "CALL OF THE WILD" (Audio only)

November 16 - Chester Santos"Memory Training for Everyone"

November 9 - Dr. Marek Lorenc: "What You Need to Know About Skin Cancer" (Audio only)

November 2 - Linda Reid : "Who Sculpted That Amazing Piece? (Audio only)

October 29 - Craig Anderson: "Land Paths of Sonoma County" (Audio only)

October 19 - Dot Spaet : "Five Keys to Get Rid of Back Pain" (Audio & video)

October 13 - Gina Belforte: "The Golden Gate Bridge" (Audio only)

October 5 - Joan Price: "The Five Biggest Myths About Sex and Aging" (Audio only)

September 28 - Sandy Metzger: "Drought Resistant Gardening" (Audio only)

September 21 - Dr. Jonah Raskin: "50 Years After the LBJ Civil Rights
and Wilderness Legislation"
(Audio only)

September 14 - Pat Sullivan: "How to Tap Your Special Genius of 50+" (Audio only)

September 7 - Bob Canepa: "North Korea: The Hermit Country" (Audio only)

June 8 - Kathryn Riley: "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE ARAB SPRING?" (Audio only)

June 1 - Chuck McFadden "JERRY BROWN – OUR ENIGMA" (Audio only)

May 27 - Dr. John McDougall "THE MCDOUGALL PLAN: EATING YOUR WAY TO A HEALTHIER LIFE" (Audio only)

May 8 - Lynn Cominsky "BLAZING GALAXIES, EXPLODING STARS, AND MONSTROUS BLACK HOLES: HIGH-ENERGY VISIONS OF THE UNIVERSE" (Video)

May 4 - Bob Kirk"SARAJEVO: 1ST SHOT OF WORLD WAR I" (Audio only)

April 27 - Weston Fields"THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES" (Audio only)

April 13 - Authur Dawson "THINKING LIKE AN OAK: 200 YEARS OF LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN SONOMA COUNTY" (Audio only)

April 6 - Geof Syphers"INTRODUCING SONOMA CLEAN POWER" (Video & audio)

March 3 - Angela Merola "DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS: THREE SIMPLE STEPS WHEN RELATIONSHIPS MATTER" (Text only)

March 23 - Marie Theilade "WHAT ALL BOOMERS SHOULD KNOW: HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS" (Text only)

March 16 - Charlene Lohmeier "SHAKESPEARE: A MAN OF HIS TIME" (Audio only)

March 9 - Roger Zim"AN INTRODUCTION TO EASTERN RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHY" (Audio only)

March 2 - Ky Boyd "OSCAR SEASON FROM TELLURIDE, TORONTO, AND VENICE TO THE DOLBY THEATER" (Audio only)

February 23- David Loeb "WHY BAY NATURE?" (Audio only)

February 16 - Tony White Ph.D."THE ART OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION" (Video & audio)

February 9 - M. Michael Thaler M.D. "PERSONALIZED MEDICINE IN THE ERA OF HEALTH CARE REFORM" (Audio only)

February 2 - Bob Kirk"100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PANAMA CANAL" (Audio only)

January 26 - Jennifer Hart Ph.D. "SHI'A AND SUNNI ISLAM: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?" (Audio only)

January 19 - Donna Colfer "THE ART OF FINANCIAL HAPPINESS" (Video & Audio)

January 12 - Marcia Bauman "THE ART OF THE FILM SCORE" (Audio only)

January 5 - Dr. Peter Josepheier "The Climate Crisis: Science, Denial, Solutions" (Audio only)

 

 

 

2013

December 8 - Linda Loveland Reid "WHO WANTS A $12 MILLION STUFFED SHARK?" (Audio only)

November 24 - Bill McNamara "PLANT HUNTING IN CHINA" (Audio only)

November 17 - Dr. Ernie Rose "PLACING A DOLLAR VALUE ON HISTORY: APPRAISING THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION FILM" (Audio only)

November 10 - Professor Rocky Rohwedder "ECOLOGICAL HANDPRINTS: LIFTING HUMANITY, LOWERING OUR FOOTPRINT" (Audio only)

November 3 - Dr. Susan Nuernberg "THE CONTESTED FAME OF JACK LONDON" (Audio only)

October 22 - Dr. Martin Lewis "THE PROMISE OF HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS AND THE CONUNDRUM OF INDO-EUROPEAN ORIGINS" (Audio only)

October 20 - Matt Stevens "THERE'S A TRAIN COMING TO TOWN: THE SONOMA-MARIN SMART TRAIN!" (Audio only)

October 13 - Dr. Richard Boyd "WHERE DID WE COME FROM?" (Audio only)

October 6 - MICK CHANTLER "Baseball in the 21st Century: The Grand Old Game Ain't What She Used To Be" (Audio only)

September 29 - Dr. HERB SILVERMAN "Candidate Without a Prayer" (Audio only)

September 22 - PATRICK CONNOLLY "A Dicussion of the World Bank" (No video)

September 15 - ARNOLD KUNST "The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln" (No video)

June 9 - JIM KAISER "Road to Oakmont" (Video)

June 2 - TRANSCENDENCE "The Journey from Broadway to Sonoma" (Video)

May 19 - TARA SMITH "What is Real Food - A Humorous and Sometimes Shocking Look at our Food Industry."

May 5 - KIRSTEN TRIPPLETT "Got Chocolate?" (Video)

April 28 - JUD GOODRICH "70 Years of Chemistry, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly" (Video)

April 21 - STEVE GILFORD "The True Story of Rosie the Riveter" (No video)

April 14 - GEORGE McKINNEY "A Quick History of Modern Technology and a Peek into the Future" (No video)

April 7 - LARRY LEVINGER "John Steinbeck: Gypsy in a Maelstrom" (No video)

March 24 - JOHAN RASKIN "American Writers: The Eyes and Ears of a Continent" (No video)

March 17 - JENNIFER HART "Getting to Know Islam & Looking for Answers: Extremism and Islam" (Video)

March 10 - RICHARD HEINBERG "Don't Worry, Drive On, Who Killed Economic Growth" (Video)

March 3 - MARK RANDOL"Cyber Crooks, Cyber Spies, Cyber Warriors" (Video)

February 24 - DR. BRUCE ELLIOTT "Learning History Through Great Art"(Video)

February 17 - MICHAEL CHANTLER "The Temptation of George Washington" (Video)

February 10 - GLORIA NEUMEIER "Myanmar/Burma: A Nation in Transition" (Video)

February 3 - JOHN STEPHEN FUTINI "The Significance of Gettysburg" (Video)

January 20 - YVONNE HORN "The Traveling Gardener: Exploring the World One Garden at a Time" (Video)

January 13 - DOUGLAS KENNING "The Fertile Crescent" (Video)

January 6 - GEORGE McKINNEY "Marriage in America" (Video)


2012

December 16, - WINTER SOLSTICE PARTY (Video)

December 9 - CRISTI HEGRANES "Educating, Employing, Empowering Women in the Developing World with Journalism" (Video)

December 2, - KEVIN FELDMAN "No Greater Need: Improving Student Achievement" (Video)

November 27 - SAM KEEN A Workshop at the Berger Center (Video)

November 18 - ROBERT EYLER "The Current Economic Crisis: Origin and Consequences" (Video)

November 11 - ROBERT KIRK "1945: The Conquering Heroes Return" (Video)

November 4 - KAYLEEN ASBO "Myth, Music and Philosophy" (Video)

October 28 - CHARLENE LOHMEIER "Evolution of the English Language" (Video)

October 21 - HUGH WILDER "The Power of Critical Thinking" (Video)

October 14 - DAVID McCUAN "The November Elections" (Video)

October 7 - DONNA BRASSET "Nuclear Issues with Iran"

September 30, 2012 - BARBARA SPEAR "Alfred Hitchcock: The Sonoma Connection" (Video)

September 23 - RICHARD ELY "Seismic Geology of the Pacific States" (Video)

September 16 - ALAN BELL 'The Pleasures of Listening" (Video)

September 9 - MARK HELFMAN"The Orchestra's Coat of Many Colors" (Video)

June 10 - JIM PEDGRIFT "Public Education in an Era of Culture Wars" (Video)

June 3 - DANIEL LANAHAN, JD "Mexico - Is it important to the United States?" (Video)

MAY 29 - SAM KEEN "A Spirited Life: 10 Rules of Thumb" (Video)

May 20 - CYNTHIA BOAZ "The Arab Spring: Myths, Realities, and Prospects for Nonviolent Change" (Video)

May 6 - MOLLY MURPHY MACGREGOR "How Women's History Has Changed America" (Video)

April 29 - RANDY PIAZZA "Where Does Your Wastewater Go? Wastewater Management in Sonoma County" (Video)

April 22 - BART HOPKIN "Exploring the Science of Sound with Invented Musical Instruments" (Video)

April 15 - JILL RAVITCH - Sonoma County District Attorney "Elder Protection Issues and Available Services" (Video)

April 1 - GREG HAYES "The Adventures of Jack London: Sonoma Valley's Native Son" (Video)

March 25 - DOUG BOSCO "HOW Congress works is WHY it doesn't" (Video)

March 18 - DAN MARKWYN, Ph. D."California and the Civil War" (Video)

March 11 - DR. JUDITH CAMPISI, Buck Institute on Aging: "Aging from the inside and the outside" (Video)

March 4 - RUBEN ARMINANA, President of Sonoma State University: "State of higher public education in California" (Video)

February 26 - TRICIA AND JOHN PARKER: " The Best of Our Lives: Sharing the Secrets of a Healthy and Happy Retired Life" (Video)

February 19 - MATTHEW JAMES, Ph.D. - "Collecting Evolution: The Unintended Vindication of Charles Darwin by the 1905-06 Galapagos Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences." (Video)

February 12 - PROF. SALLY HEATH- "The World's Largest Machine: What's it all about and is it proving Einstein wrong?" (Video)

February 5 - STEVEN NEWTON- The National Center for Science Education - "Creationism versus Evolution - The meaning to our schools and society" (Video)

January 29 - MARK RANDOL - "Homeland Security: Enough Already?" (Video)

January 22 - GARY WYSOCKY - "Current Topics of Interest in Santa Rosa City Government" (Video)

January 15 - DAVID McCUAN - "2012 Election Preview: Challenging Elections in a Time of Challenging Governance" (Video)

January 8 - BART SIMMONS - "Poisons, Toxics, Toxins, and Green Chemistry" (Video)


2011

December 18 - "Sunday Symposium's Annual Winter Solstice Party" (Video)

December 11 - PETER RUMBLE AND ROD STROUD - "Health Services in Sonoma County: Challenges and the Opportunities Ahead" (Video)

December 4 - JEANE SLONE - "The Women WASPs, Welders, and Riveters Who Helped Win World War II on the Home Front" (Video)

November 20 - PAUL GULLIXSON - "THE PENSION PROBLEM IN LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. HOW DO WE FUND THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE PLANS?" (Video)

November 13 - BOB KIRK - "PLAYING GOD: EUGENICS IN THE 20TH CENTURY" (Video)

November 6 - LILLIAN JUDD and DENNIS JUDD - " FROM NIGHTMARE TO FREEDOM – HEALING AFTER THE HOLOCAUST" (Video)

October 30 - ROCKY ROHWEDDER, Ph.D. - "A Voyage of Discovery: Around the World with Semester at Sea" (Video)

October 23 - THE LAS GALLINAS VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT NON-MARCHING BAND (THE SEWER BAND) - "The Oakmont Oktoberfest Concert" (Video)

October 23 - PROF. IAN MORRIS - "Why The West Rules...For Now" (Video)

October 18 - OVA BOARD - "The Elnoka presentation to the OVA Board" (Video)

October 16 - BRUNO FERRANDIS and ALAN SILOW - "Santa Rosa Symphony Current Season Program and Future Vision at the Green Music Center" (Video)

October 9 - CHERYL WAGNER - "Taking Laughter Seriously" (Video)

October 2 - ERIC THOMPSON, Ph.D. - "Myth Matters, or, Eve: Original Sinner, Original Seducer, Original Scholar" (Video)

September 18 - Oakmont Talent Show - THE OAKMONT TALENT SHOW (Video)

September 11 - BRIG. GEN. KEITH KERR "Afghanistan Revisited" (Video)

June 12 - ELAINE STANLEY "Having Fun With Stories" (Video)

June 5 - DAN FLAMSON "Juvenile Crime in Sonoma County" (Video)

May 22 - STEVE FABIAN - "History of the ACLU and It’s Impact on American Freedoms" (Video)

May 15 - ROGER AND COLLEEN VINCENT as "ABE AND MARY LINCOLN" (Video)

May 1 - JEANNE WOODFORD - "The State of Corrections in California" (Video)

April 17 - CATHRYN FAIRLEE- "A Conversation with Kateryn Parr, Last Wife of Henry VIII" (Video)

March 27 - BRUCE ELLIOTT, Ph.D. - "The Invisible Middle Kingdom: Pivot of Europe" (Video)

March 20 - JEANNE WIRKA of the Bouverie Preserve - "Habitat Restoration: What it means to the Sonoma Valley" (Video)

March 13 - JILL RAVITCH, "Being District Attorney of Sonoma County" (Video)

March 6 - NEIL MEYERS - "Zen Buddhism"(No video)

March 2 - OVA BOARD "CANDIDATES FORUM at Berger Center" (Video)

February 27 - KY BOYD, Former Owner of the Rialto Theater - "The Oscars Come to the Symposium" (No video)

February 20, 2011 - ANDREW MERRIFIELD, Ph.D. - "Barack Obama at Halfway: Part LBJ, Part Nixon, Part Carter?" (Video)

February 13, 2011 - GREG HAYES, "Annadel State Park: The First 40 Years" (Video)

January 23, 2011 JEFF TOBES and LEE TORLIATT - "Fred Wiseman's Historic 1911 First Airmail Flight, From Petaluma to Santa Rosa" (Video)

January 16, 2011 - KAREN WIGEN, Ph.D. - "Japanese Maps of the Ocean" (No Video)

January 9, 2011 - CHRIS SMITH - "Short Stories Can Be Great Too" (Audio & Video)