Events

Spring 2026 Lectures and Public Appearances

Wednesday, February 11th, 12 pm-1 pm: Julia Wertz, cartoonist (STEV1301)

Tuesday, February 17th, 12 pm-12:50 pm: Hannah Hellman, she will discuss her article Solarpunk and Rural Education which bridges the humanities and STEM by connecting rural education to the literary genre Solarpunk.

Saturday, February 21st, 1 pm-2:30 pm, 159 H Street, Petaluma, CA: Chingling Wo, Living with the Creek: Finding Chinese Labor in Petaluma, a River Boomtown

Tuesday, April 2nd, 12 pm-1 pm: Faculty poetry reading (STEV1301)

Wednesday, April 8th, 12 pm-1 pm: Grayson Thompson, Poet (STEV1301)

Tuesday, April 14th, 12 pm-1pm: "Working Trash- A Talk About Sculptures and Writing" by Stefan Kiesbye (STEV3900)

Tuesday, April 21st, 5 pm: Obi Kauffman, Naturalist, @ Butterfly Garden, registration required

Friday, April 24th, 3:30 pm-5:30 pm: Book and Film Trivia and Pizza Social @ Lobos

Wednesday, May 6th, 12 pm-1 pm: Undergrad Reading, refreshments served (STEV1301)

Friday, May 8th, 4 pm-6 pm: Zaum 30 Gala, refreshments served (STEV1301)

Thursday, May 14th, 12 pm-1 pm: Graduate Thesis Reading, refreshments served (STEV1301)

2/3,2/17,3/3,3/31,4/14,4/28 12 pm-1 pm: Ideas in Motion: Faculty-Student Showcase (STEV3900)

Community Involvement

Here are some links to local organizations and events that may be of interest to students.

• The Adult Literacy League of Sonoma County
• The Bay Area Writing Project (Berkeley)
• The Sitting Room: A Community Library (Cotati)
• The Sonoma County Book Festival
• The Sonoma County Library

If you have a link you think we should add, please be in touch. Please note that a link on this page does not indicate that the department endorses or is affiliated with these groups.