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Self Help Book Club (1st Year MFA Exhibition) - Opening

Ongoing from January 17, 2012 through February 26, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery


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The Stanford Savoyards present Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" (inspired by Joss Whedon's Firefly)

Ongoing from January 20, 2012 through January 28, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Dr, Stanford CA 94305


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Diavolo Dance Theater - Family Program

Saturday, January 28, 2012.  3:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium


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Diavolo Dance Theater - Evening Program

Saturday, January 28, 2012.  8:00 PM.
Memorial Auditorium


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Charles Ferguson, guitar, and Guests

Saturday, January 28, 2012.  8:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium


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Sundays with the St. Lawrence

Sunday, January 29, 2012.  2:30 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium


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Karl W. Eikenberry, The 2012 Payne Distinguished Lecture, The Transition to Afghanistan Sovereignty: Assessing Progress and Identifying Challenges

Monday, January 30, 2012.  4:30 PM.
Bechtel Conference Center Encina Hall 616 Serra Street Stanford, CA 94305


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Why South Sudan Succeeded and Why Darfur Failed: Lessons About Activism

Monday, January 30, 2012.  5:30 PM.
Arrillaga Family Dining Commons' Study Room, Escondido Road, Stanford


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Ann Patchett Reading

Monday, January 30, 2012.  8:00 PM.
Cemex Auditorium, Zambrano Hall, Knight Management Center



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Walker Evans

Ongoing every day from February 1, 2012 through April 8, 2012.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


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CCRMA Colloquium - Larry Polansky

Wednesday, February 1, 2012.  5:15 PM.
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics CCRMA Classroom (2nd floor) The Knoll building 660 Lomita Drive Stanford, CA 94305


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Annual Town Hall Meeting: Stanford University's Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility & Licensing (APIR-L)

Wednesday, February 1, 2012.  6:00 PM.
Oak West Lounge, Tresidder Memorial Union


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Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER Series)

Wednesday, February 1, 2012.  6:45 PM.
Pigott Hall (Bldg. 260), Room 113


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29th Annual Bunyan Lecture: "Unveiling the Pulse of Our Galaxy"

Wednesday, February 1, 2012.  7:30 PM.
Braun Auditorium (Mudd Chemistry), 333 Campus Dr.


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Bach Recital

Wednesday, February 1, 2012.  8:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium


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Thursday Tour: Walker Evans

Ongoing every week from February 2, 2012 through April 8, 2012.  12:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


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Opera after Freud

Ongoing from February 2, 2012 through February 3, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Stanford Humanities Center


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Student Grief and Bereavement Workshop

Thursday, February 2, 2012.  5:30 PM.
Vaden Health Center, 2nd Floor Education Room


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Medieval Matters: Dante Now

Thursday, February 2, 2012.  7:00 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings A rt Building


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Martha Nussbaum "Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities"

Thursday, February 2, 2012.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium 485 Lasuen Mall Stanford, CA 94305, USA


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sfSound concert - new music with electronics

Thursday, February 2, 2012.  8:00 PM.
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics CCRMA Stage (3rd floor) The Knoll building 660 Lomita Drive Stanford, CA 94305


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Evolution of Cell-Cell Adhesion and the Origins of Metazoan Multicellularity

Friday, February 3, 2012.  12:00 PM.
Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove


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Pan-Asian Music Festival: Elegant Gathering I

Friday, February 3, 2012.  12:00 PM.
Campbell Recital Hall


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Amazonia Unmasked: Observing and Collecting in an Eighteenth-Century Philosophical Voyage

Friday, February 3, 2012.  2:00 PM.
Pigott Hall (Bldg. 260), Room 216


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Transmigration or Evolution

Ongoing every week from January 13, 2012 through March 16, 2012.  6:00 PM.
Nairobi Room, Graduate Community Center, Stanford University


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Weekend Tours: Walker Evans

Ongoing every weekend (Sat, Sun) from February 4, 2012 through April 8, 2012.  2:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


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Der Jasager by Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht

Saturday, February 4, 2012.  2:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Dr, Stanford, CA


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Second performance of Der Jasager by Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht

Saturday, February 4, 2012.  5:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Dr, Stanford, CA


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Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival: Asian Masters Encounter the Western Tradition

Saturday, February 4, 2012.  8:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium



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St. Lawrence String Quartet: Music by Undergraduate Composers

Sunday, February 5, 2012.  8:00 PM.
Campbell Recital Hall


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"The Heart of the Story: A Reading,” with Author Judith Barrington

Monday, February 6, 2012.  11:30 AM.
Clayman Institute @ Serra House 589 Capistrano Way, Stanford, CA


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Partnering with Districts for Research that Matters

Tuesday, February 7, 2012.  12:00 PM.
Center for Educational Research at Stanford (CERAS), Room 100B


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Native American Language Revitalization, Forum One

Tuesday, February 7, 2012.  12:00 PM.
Brandon Family Community Room, Black Community Services Center, 418 Santa Teresa St


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Walking Tour of the Stanford University Medical Center Architecture

Ongoing from May 11, 2011 through June 13, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Meets in front of the fountain outside main entrance of Stanford Hospital


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Navy 101 - America's Navy is “A Global Force for Good"

Wednesday, February 8, 2012.  4:00 PM.
Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University (562 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305)


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Art Focus Lecture: The Art of Persia

Ongoing every week from February 8, 2012 through February 22, 2012.  4:15 PM.
Cantor Arts Center Auditorium


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Population Exchanges in the Modern Era

Wednesday, February 8, 2012.  5:00 PM.
Humanities Center: Levinthal Hall


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Walker Evans Lecture

Thursday, February 9, 2012.  5:30 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


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Ethics and War: Priya Satia (History, Stanford)

Thursday, February 9, 2012.  05:30 PM.
Annenberg Auditorium, 435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA


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Dancing History: Anna Sokolow's "Rooms"

Thursday, February 9, 2012.  7:00 PM.
Roble Studios 38


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Driven: A Car Culture Film Series

Ongoing from January 9, 2012 through June 7, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Cubberley Auditorium


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Driven: A Car Culture Film Series - TWO LANE BLACKTOP

Thursday, February 9, 2012.  7:30 PM.
Cubberley Auditorium


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Stanford Art Spaces

Ongoing from February 10, 2012 through April 5, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Paul G.Allen (420 Via Palou), David Packard Electrical Engineering, Bldg. 420 - Jordan Hall(Psych. office and conference room)


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Ethics@noon:"Who You Are Is So Loud I Cannot Hear What You Are Saying" / Joel Samoff (African Studies Center)

Friday, February 10, 2012.  12:00 PM.
Bldg 110, Room 112 (main quad) Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305, USA


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Hide and Seek in the Open Sea: Camouflage and Camouflage-breaking Strategies in the Pelagic Realm

Friday, February 10, 2012.  12:00 PM.
Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove


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Spotlight on Art

Ongoing from January 13, 2012 through June 8, 2012. See details for exact dates and times.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


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Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival: Old Traditions, New Approaches, New Sounds

Friday, February 10, 2012.  8:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium


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Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival: Elegant Gathering III

Saturday, February 11, 2012.  1:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium


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Saturday Tour: Contemporary Art

Ongoing from January 14, 2012 through March 9, 2013. See details for exact dates and times.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


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Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival: Re-imagining the Musical Tradition

Saturday, February 11, 2012.  8:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium


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Kronos Quartet / Alim Qasimov Ensemble

Sunday, February 12, 2012.  7:00 PM.
Dinkelspiel Auditorium


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"A Place for the Mind"

Thursday, February 16, 2012.  12:15 PM.
Building 70, Room 72A1


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Toward the Systems Neurobiology of the Platynereis Ciliated Larva

Friday, February 17, 2012.  12:00 PM.
Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove


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Sunday Tour: Outdoor Sculpture Around the Cantor Arts Center

Ongoing from December 18, 2011 through December 15, 2013. See details for exact dates and times.
In front of the Cantor Arts Center


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Sunday Tour: Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden

Ongoing from December 18, 2011 through December 15, 2013. See details for exact dates and times.
Meet at the corner of the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden, at Santa Teresa & Lomita Drive.


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Memory and Markets: Pueblo Painting in the Early 20th Century

Ongoing every day from February 22, 2012 through May 27, 2012.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


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Ocean Acidification and the Future of Native Oysters in California Estuaries

Friday, February 24, 2012.  12:00 PM.
Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove


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Book discussion: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Saturday, February 25, 2012.  1:00 PM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


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Sculpture from the Fisher Collection

Ongoing every day from February 29, 2012 through October 13, 2013.  11:00 AM.
Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive


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The Role of Turbulence and Structured Stirring on Fertilization Success in Broadcast Spawners

Friday, March 9, 2012.  12:00 PM.
Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Boatworks Lecture Hall, Pacific Grove