RAPSU PROGRAMS PRESENT AND PAST May 10, 2012 Professor Alex Zakaras: Too Much Self-Reliance? May 3, 2012 Dr. Gary S. Hartshorn: Will Tropical Forests Survive the 21st Century? April 12, 2012 Professor Ronald Tammen: "The Chinese Century?" April 5, 2012 Christine Meadows and PSU Opera Students: excerpts from 2012 Spring opera, Dialogues of the Carmelites March 14, 2012 Christopher Mattaliano, General Director, Portland Opera: The World of Professional Opera March 1, 2012 Sociology Professor Randy Blazak, The Prison Hate Machine: What to do about racist prison gangs January 12, 2012 David Rothman, piano, playing Chopin and Liszt. January 5, 2012 Dr. Scott Burns: Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods. November 17, 2011 Kerry Tymchuk, “Building a Brighter Future for Oregon's Past November 10, 2011 Sue Banks: "Jurassic Library - Public Libraries in the 21st Century: Dinosaur or Dynamo?" October 13, 2011, 1:00 PM Lieutenant Colonel Angel Pilato, USAF, (Ret.): How Being Part of History Turned into a Memoir October Jan Quivey: Portland Art Museum's Art Councils September 15, 2011 Dick Karman. Reliving Radio May 12, 2011 Ruth Sheridan: What mediation is, how it differs from arbitration, why parties choose to mediate issues instead of going to court, and how it works to obtain better solutions for disputants. May 5, 2011 PSU Professor Kenneth Ruoff: Imperial Japan at its Zenith April 14, 2011 Professor Charles Heying: Brew to Bikes: Portland’s Artisan Economy April 7, 2011 1) Pianist David Saffert: All Over the Map March 10, 2011 Alan DeLaTorre: Emerging Possibilities for Housing in Community Settings March 3, 2011 Film: The Turandot Project February 10, 2011 Profile Theatre's Artistic Director Jane Unger February 3, 2011 Thomas Lauderdale January 13, 2011 Why Does The Beat Generation Haunt The American Mind? By Robert Briggs January 6, 2011 Reliving Radio: The Way Radio Was. By Dick Karman. November 10, 2010 Ella Opdal and Ardeth Fullmer: Piano Duets November 3, 2010 Professor Jonathan Walker: What's Going on Offstage? October 14, 2010 Gail Wells: Seeding a Sense of Place: Science, Stories, and Smart Forest Policy October 7, 2010 David Stabler, Oregonian arts critic: Sit down you're blocking my view. May 13, 2010 Professor Harry Anastasiou presentation on Democracy, Peace and War: Challenge and Paradoxes in the Wars against Terrorism. May 6, 2010 Allen DeLaTorre and Mark Desbrow presentation on Housing Opportunities for Seniors April 8, 2010 Dr. Ed Glick presentation on Brazil re political and economic issues April 1, 2010 Professor Christine Meadows and PSU Opera singers preview of spring production, "The Merry Widow." March 11, 2010 Sig Unander: Espionage in Manilla, a true story of an Oregon Heroine, Claire Phillips March 4, 2010 Ardeth Fullmer, pianist: Ragtime Era and its Music February 11, 2010 Professor Sue Taylor presentation on contemporary sculptor February 4, 2010 Oregon Ballet Theatre presentation January 14, 2010 City Club of Portland: An Opportunity for Civic Engagement January 7, 2010 Althea Rodgers: Current Developments in Consumer Fraud November 12, 2009 Professor Keith Walters: Immigration and bilingualism in the U.S.: Problems, challenges, and opportunities November 5, 2009 David Rozell: What Is the Meaning of Community In the Second Half of Life? October 8, 2009 Kathryn Jackson, Work For Art Program Manager (Regional Arts and Culture Council) Description of Work for Art program via a PowerPoint Presentation and a short talk by an actor who benefited from the program.October 1, 2009 Ron Paul: Portland Public Market September 17, 2009 The Coleman Sisters, Julie (violin) and Janet (piano) in concert May 14, 2009 Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian political writer: Oregon politics May 7, 2009 Shawn Levy, Oregonian A&E film critic Discussion of his new book on Paul Newman April 9, 2009 Angela Carlson, Newport audiologist Hearing problems in seniors April 2, 2009 PSU Professor Harry Anastasiou: Conflict Resolution in Cyprus March 12, 2009 Scott Burns, PSU Professor of Geology: Geology of Oregon March 5, 2009 Christine Meadows, who PSU opera program Preview of their performance of Verdi's "Falstaff." Assisted by some of the cast members. February 12, 2009 PSU Professor (and RAPSU’s SALC advisor) Jost Lottes Boomer Aging February 5, 2009 John McAteer, licensee from the Kongo School of Noh in Kyoto Noh Drama January 15, 2009 Artists Repertory Theatre: Scenes from Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” January 8, 2008 Thomas Lauderdale November 13, 2008 Performance by Cellist Jerry Bobbie and pianist Nilda Brizuela-Martinez November 6, 2008 Chris Brantley, Salem biologist: The Galapagos Islands October 9, 2008 Danny Ross, former head electrician for "The Tonight Show" Memorable moments with Johnny Carson October 2, 2008 Karen Brooks, The Oregonian’s restaurant reviewer How I review restaurants -- and personal Portland picks September 10, 2008 Tom Wente, Group Sales Manager Oregon Symphony, will be 2008-9 Symphony schedule – assisted by cellist Ken Finch May 8, 2008 Maynard Orme, former President of the OPF and current interim President/CEO of KPBS: Public broadcasting today May 1, 2008 Molly Newgard, Assistant Professor at the Pacific Northwest College of Art: Appreciation of Modern Art April 10, 2008 John Mandaville, PSU Professor of Middle East Studies The current Middle East situation April 3, 2008 Christine Meadows PSU opera program and Tito Capobianco, guest director Discussion of PSU’s upcoming “La Boheme;” assisted by some of the singers from the cast. March 13, 2008 Professor Harley Sachs, RAPSU member Identity theft and Fraud March 6, 2008 Shawn Levy, Oregonian A&E film critic February 14, 2008 Emily Francona, retired US Intelligence officer Major intelligence issues February 7, 2008 Thor Hinckley, PGE: Renewable Power Program January 17, 2008 Richard Etulain: Abraham Lincoln: With Charity for All. January 10, 2008 Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Chair of Ethnic Studies at OSU The Origin of Mexicanos in Oregon: Sojourners, Settlers and New Immigrants. November 1, 2007 Portland Art Museum Docent, Floyd Sklaver Preview of Chuck Close Print exhibit October 11, 2007 Dave Salesky, KGW’s Weatherman October 4, 2007 Thomas Lauderdale September 12, 2007 Artists Repertory Theater: Play excerpts May 10, 2007 Bonnie Schlieman, Portland Art Museum Docent Preview of Rembrandt exhibition May 3, 2007 Mayor Potter: Discussion of proposal to establish a strong Mayor city government April 12, 2007 PSU Professor Dr. John Damis: Current problems in the Middle East April 5, 2007 Discussion by Steve Duin, Feature Columnist “Oregonian” March 8, 2007 Rosario Aglialoro, Executive Director Northwest China Council: Tibet, its people, monasteries, temples and culture March 1, 2007 Christopher Schindler, piano February, 8, 2007 Joan and Russell Kirsch: How Computers Can Help Us Look At Art February 1, 2007 Prof. Mark Eifler: Political aspects of Lewis and Clarke expedition January 11, 2007 Artists Repertory Theater: Play excerpts January 4, 2007 Thomas Lauderdale concert and talk November 9, 2006 Professor Gary Perlstein: The War on Terrorism: Where are we now? November 2, 2006 Floyd Sklaver Portland Art Museum Docent: Preview of Egyptian Exhibit October 12, 2006 Dr. Suzanne Simon: Unfinished Journeys: Elder Learners October 5, 2006 Joel Preston Smith: Night of a Thousand Stars and other portraits of Iraq. September 14, 2006 Portland Opera presentation |
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