DIAVALO DANCE THEATER
A thrill-seeking mix of dance,
gymnastics, drama, and more,
set to music by John Adams
The public is welcome to observe this class with Dance Division students.
Thursday, January 26, 4:15 pm, Roble Gym, Studio 52, Free
Open Rehearsal
Memorial Auditorium is open to the public for an hour-long open rehearsal.
Friday, January 27, 2 pm, Memorial Auditorium, Free
Family Matinee
Saturday, January 28, 3 pm, Memorial Auditorium, $7-$34
Evening Performance
Saturday, January 28, 8 pm, Memorial Auditorium, $14-$68, $10 for Stanford students
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 MUSIC
The Tinctoris Five: Sumptuous Polyphony from the Fifteenth Century Saturday, January 14, 8 pm, Memorial Church, Free Saturday, January 21, 7 pm, Campbell Recital Hall, $15, open seating John Dornenburg, viola da gamba, & Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord Saturday, January 21, 8 pm, Memorial Church, side chapel, $9-10, $5 for students 
Stanford Lively Arts presents an all-David Lang program with a world premiere/commission by ToV, plus an all-star quartet of special guests.
Wednesday, January 25, 8 pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, $22-$50, $10 for Stanford students
David Higgs, organ
Wednesday, January 25, 8 pm, Memorial Church, Free
Friday, January 27, 8 pm, Cubberley Auditorium, Free
Alisa Parrett and Aaron Garg: Duo Flute Recital
Friday, January 27, 8 pm, Campbell Recital Hall, Free
Charles Ferguson, guitar
Saturday, January 28, 8 pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, $9-10, $5 for students
Sundays with the St. Lawrence
The St. Lawrence String Quartet and guests preview portions of a forthcoming opera by Stanford composer Jonathan Berger.
Sunday, January 29, 2:30 pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, $22-50, $10 for Stanford students
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FILM
 Project Happiness
Feature length documentary film that follows three groups of high school students from three continents on a quest to understand the nature of lasting happiness.
Thursday, January 19, 6 pm, Clark Center Auditorium
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LECTURES
 Wednesday, January 11, 7:30 am Breakfast, 8 am session, Stanford Faculty Club, Reservations required, $60
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
Wednesday, January 11, 7:30 pm, Cubberley Auditorium, Free
Lawrence Wright in conversation with Martha Crenshaw and Tobias Wolff
Thursday, January 12, 7 pm, Cemex Auditorium, Knight Management Center, Free Hunting with Birds of Prey in Kyrgyzstan Thursday, January 12, 7:30 pm, Bldg 200, Rm 303, Main Quad, Free Wallace Stevens as an American Poet Tuesday, January 17, 6 pm, Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall, Free A Place for the Mind Lecture on Japanese religion Thursday, January 19, 12:15 pm, Bldg 70, Rm 72A1, Free Meeting Future Water Demands: Engineering, Economics and Managing Risk Thursday, January 19, 3:30 pm, Bechtel Conference Room, Y2E2, Rm 299, Free How the Genome Folds Tuesday, January 24, 4:15 pm, Hewlett Teaching Center, Rm. 201, Free 
Ancient Philosophies as a Way of Life: Socrates Tanner Lectures on Human Values Wednesday, January 25, 5:30 pm, Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center, Free 
Ms.@40 A Panel Discussion with Feminist Editors, Journalists and Bloggers Thursday, January 26, 3 pm, Levinthal Hall Stanford Humanities Center, Free The Culture and Ideology of a Social Consensus on Climate Change Thursday, January 26, 3:30 pm, Bechtel Conference Room, Y2E2, Rm 299, Free Stanford Med Writers Forum Medicine as Narrative; Narrative as Medicine Thursday, January 26, 5:30 pm, Cantor Arts Center Auditorium, Free Platonist Philosophy as a Way of Life: Plotinus Tanner Lectures on Human Values Thursday, January 26, 2012. 5:30 PM.
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center, Free Humanitarian Surgery in the Heart of Darkness Be taken on a poignant and sometimes heartbreaking journey with a surgeon working in conflict zones in Africa with Doctors Without Borders and hear how these experiences changed her practice in the US. Thursday, January 26, 7 pm, Stanford Blood Center, Free 
Ms.@40 and the Future of Feminism: Keynote Address by Gloria Steinem Thursday, January 26, 7:30 pm, CEMEX Auditorium Knight Management Center, Free but reserved tickets required Building Equitable Classrooms Monday, January 30, 12 noon, CERAS (Center for Educational Research at Stanford) Room 100B, Please RSVP to scope@stanford.edu, Free 
The Transition to Afghanistan Sovereignty Assessing Progress and Identifying Challenges Monday, January 30, 4:30 pm, Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall, Free Ethics @ Noon
Each week Stanford faculty tackle questions of ethics that arise in private and public life. Feel free to bring your lunch. Location: Bldg 110, Rm 112, Free - 1/13: Preserving Decision Space Under Pressure: A Reflection from 'the Surge' into Iraq
- 1/20: Presentation by Jack Rakove, Professor of History
- 1/27: The Media and Mental Illness
The Energy Seminar
Mondays, 4:15 pm, NVIDIA Auditiorium, Huang Room 14C, Free Back to Top |
BUSINESS
Webinar on Strategic Decision and Risk Management; Presented by the Stanford Center for Professional Development
Wednesday, January 11, 9 am, FreeWebinar presented by the Stanford Center for Professional Development
Wednesday, January 18, 10 am, Free
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar
Wednesdays, 4:30 pm, NVIDIA Auditorium, Free- 1/18: Deborah Hopkins - Chief Innovation Office, Citi
- 1/25: Alexander Osterwalder - Entrepreneur & Author of Business Model Generation
Free eCorner App from Stanford Technology Ventures Program  Entrepreneurs, business leaders and students now have access to the world's greatest advisory board with eCorner for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Watch and listen to almost 2000 videos and podcasts from today's most successful entrepreneurial minds.
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RELIGION &
SPIRITUAL LIFE
Ecumenical Christian worship featuring choir and organ music with speakers and preachers from diverse religious traditions Sundays, 10 am, Memorial Church Compline
A reflective 30-minute service of hymns and chant sung in the tranquil candlelit ambiance of Memorial Church. All religious and non-religious backgrounds welcome.
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FEATURED EVENTAn Interdisciplinary Tour of the Human Condition in Three Stages An evening program featuring some of the most exciting thinkers in the Bay Area reflecting on the theme of "life". Panelists include: Paul Rabinow, Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley Christine Peterson, Co-founder and President, The Foresight Institute Lynn Hershman Leeson, Chair, Film Department, San Francisco Art Institute Jeremy Bailenson, Associate Professor and founder and director of Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL) Piero Scaruffi, Author and Moderator Thursday, January 19, 7 pm, Cubberley Auditorium, Free
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WINTER CLASSES FOR ADULTS
 Stanford Continuing Studies offers a broad range of courses that are primarily taught by Stanford instructors and open to everyone.
Registration for winter classes is open now. Featured classes include:
Mobile-Social Technologies: Tools
for Social Change or Weapons of Mass Distraction?
Dante's Divine Comedy
Abstract Expressionism
The Bible Uncensored
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READINGS Tuesday, January 17, 4 pm, Location TBD 
Ann Patchett Reading Monday, January 30, 8 pm, Cemex Auditorium, Knight Management Center
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SPORTS
Watch the Cardinal play Oklahoma State in the 41st annual Fiesta Bowl!
More information is available at Bowl Central.
Monday, January 2, 5:30 pm PST, ESPN
Men's Basketball 1/12 vs. Utah, 7 pm Faculty-Staff Discount Night 1/14 vs. Colorado, 1 pm Free admission for Team Cardinal members $10 admission for youth in a Stanford shirt Post-game autograph session Click here for details on promotions.
Women's Basketball 1/5 vs. Oregon, 7 pm1/7 vs. Oregon State, 2 pm Pre-game clinic Post-game autograph session 1/19 vs. Washington State, 7 pmPre-game zumba class 1/21 vs. Washington, 2 pm Pre-game Girl Scout Clinic Post-Game autograph session 1/28 vs. California, 2 pm Post-game autograph session Click here for details on promotions. Women's Gymnastics
1/15 NorCal Quad Meet, 2 pm 1/22 vs. Washington, 2 pm 
Men's Gymnastics
1/21 vs. California, 7 pm 1/28 Stanford Open, 7 pm Men's Tennis
1/27 vs. Saint Marys, 2 pm 1/28 Boise State/Santa Clara, TBD Men's Volleyball
1/6 vs. Thompson Rivers Canada, 7 pm 1/7 vs. Thompson Rivers Canada, 7 pm 1/13 vs. Juniata, 7 pm 1/14 vs. Loyola Chicago, 7 pm 1/7 Stanford Intrasquad Meet
Swimming & Diving
1/7 Pacific Dual Meet, 12 noon
1/13-15 Cardinal Diving Invite 1/20 vs. Arizona State, 3 pm 1/21 vs. Arizona, 12 noon 1/5 vs. Boise State, 6:30 pm1/8 vs. American, 2 pm 1/21 vs. Southern Oregon, 1 pm 1/29 vs. Oregon State, 2 pm
Team Cardinal Kid's Club
Membership is $25 and includes a Team Cardinal T-shirt, membership card and free admission to most Stanford sporting events.
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ART
The Cantor Arts Center is OPEN on New Years Day!
 This exhibition of more than 60 works includes oil paintings, charcoal drawings, and pen-and-watercolor sketches that convey the breadth and strength of Slinkard's short-lived artistic development.
Cantor Arts Center, Free
First Year Masters of Fine Art Exhibition
Opens January 17, Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, Free
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ART EVENTS
Spotlight on Art Grant Hamming, PhD, discusses "The Old Violin" Friday, January 13, 2 pm, Cantor Arts Center, Free The Harvard Buddha Hand Friday, January 13, 5:30 pm, Bldg 70, Rm 72A1, Free Understanding Buddhist Art  Meaning and Materiality in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture
Saturday, January 14, 1 - 4 pm, Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building, Free Cultural Heritage and African Art: Negotiating the Rise of Ethical and Legal Collecting Concerns Ruth K. Franklin Symposium on the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Saturday, January 21, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, Cantor Arts Center Auditorium, Free  Ikebana and Japan's Postwar Economy Monday, January 23, 12 noon, Philippines Conference Room, Encina Hall, 3rd Floor, Free |
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Introduction to Compassion, Awareness and Relationship Skills to Ease Stress (CARES) Friday, January 13, 12 noon, Free  The Sacred Art of Listening
Part of the series "Sacred Conversations as We Age"
Tuesday, January 17, 3:30 pm, Free Weight Management: Building the Foundation Twelve Wednesdays beginning January 18, 5:30 pm, $250 Living Well with Chronic Conditions Six Thursdays beginning January 19, 1 pm, Free Live a Life Well Led: Make 2012 the Year That Your New Year's Resolution Actually Sticks! Four Thursdays beginning January 19, 5:30 pm, $150 Solutions to the Omnivore's Dilemma Alternate Motivations and Strategies for Choosing to Eat Well
Thursday, January 19, 6 pm refreshments, 6:30 lecture and Q&A, Free Understanding Medical Terminology
Part of the series "My Health Toolkit: Research 101" Saturday, January 21, 3:30 pm, Free Desk Pilates Three Tuesdays beginning January 24, 11 am, $75 Weight Management: Tools for Sustainable Change Eight Tuesdays beginning January 24, 12 noon, $125 Spirituality and Aging, Grief and Loss
Part of the series "Sacred Conversations as We Age" Tuesday, January 24, 3:30 pm, Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at Work Eight Wednesdays beginning January 25, 12 noon Revitalize You! Free Orientation to HeartMath e-learning Program Thursday, January 26, 12:30 pm, Free Stanford's Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss Thursday, January 26, 7 pm, Free Eating with Intent - How to Eat Mindfully Four Fridays beginning January 27, 12 noon, $100 
Animals are Tension Tamers Too Friday, January 27, 12 noon, $25 Healing Touch Level 1 Saturday, January 28 and Sunday, January 29, 9 am - 6 pm, $350 Breathe to Relax Five Tuesdays beginning January 31, 12 noon, $100 Ethical Wills: Passing on the Legacy of Your Values
Part of the series "Sacred Conversations as We Age" Tuesday, January 31, 3:30 pm, Free Integrated Health Promotion to Maximize Healthy Aging Five Tuesdays beginning January 31, 5:30 pm, $200 Registration required for all classes.
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