Plants of the World. Staff Dining Room (Matt Leddy)

World Language/Culture Displays: glass cases across from Student Activities Office and in the Staff Dining Room (Marilyn Carter, Blanca Candamil, and others)

Monday-Thursday 10:00 am-1:00 pm and Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00-7:00 pm. Art Display: Student Art in Gallery Room (Lyle Gomes)

All Week: Student drawings (color class, Judy Morley) in lobby of Theater

All Week: Visit the Café International for international music and foods!

Daytime

8:10-10:00 Film: Mulan. The Disney film in Mandarin, Chinese subtitles. In 16-268 (Jing Wu)

9:10-10:00 Slides of France. See the beauty of central France through slides of the Loire Valley and its châteaux and of the Burgundy region. In 18-280 (Susan Petit)

10:10-11:00 Presentation: San Mateo District's Semester in Paris. Learn about our 2002 semester abroad program. In 18-291 (Paul Stegner)

11:10-noon Travelog: Introducing Italy. In 11-33. (Guy Marra)

Evening

6:300 Pétanque lesson (French bocci ball) outside Building 17 on the mall (Isabelle Motamedi)

Night pétanque: Professor Isabelle Motamedi shows student Lisa Neuman how to play.

7:00-9:00 Film: La Grande Illusion. Jean Renoir's 1937 classic war film with no battles and no villains. Starring Jean Gabin, Erich von Stroheim. In French with English subtitles. In 11-30 (Mary Scott)

6:30-7:30: Music performance by CSM Monday Evening Jazz Ensemble, Cafeteria (Mike Galisatus)

Daytime

9:45-11:00 Film: Monk Ji Gong, Chinese with English subtitles. In 14-207 (Jing Wu)

10:10 Food Preparation and Tasting: Make your own Boursin cheese (demonstration) followed by a tasting of French cheeses. Staff Dining Room, Building 5 (Susan Petit, Richard Castillo) Sponsored by the French Club.

Students and staff watched Professor Castillo's demonstration of preparing Boursin cheese.

11:10-noon Food Preparation: Food of the Hispanic/Latino World (demonstration., Staff Dining Room, Building 5 (Richard Castillo)

Here is Professor Richard Castillo showing how to make one's own Boursin cheese. (Photo thanks to Teresa Hsu, French Club vice-president.)

11:10-12:25: Film: The Dream of the Red Chamber, Chinese with English subtitles, in 14-207 (Jing Wu)

1:00-3:00 Film: All About My Mother. Pedro Almodóvar's 1999 winner of Best Foreign Film, this tribute to motherhood is full of vibrant, chaotic Barcelona life. In Spanish with English subtitles. Shown in our newly renovated Theater (Mary Scott)

Evening

7:00 Film: La Vita e' Bella (Life Is Beautiful). Oscar-winning film with Roberto Benigni. In 16-256. (Guy Marra)

8:00 As part of Information Night, visit the Language Arts tables in the South Cafeteria and learn about our programs, degrees, and certificates. 

Daytime

11:00-1:00 Food sale: Italian food--pizza and more! Upper fountain area. (Sponsored by the Italian Club).

11:00-noon Drummers Lisa Suguitan Melnick and Brian Andres will demonstrate Afro-Cuban popular rhythms, rumba, and salsa. Visitors are invited to join in with dance, song, or percussion. Café International

Drummers Nikki O'Shaugunessy, Brian Andres, and Lisa Sugitan Melnick performing in the cafe.	Go, Lisa.!

Evening

6:30-9:30 Seminar: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Diagnoses. In 18-286 (Jing Wu)

7:00-?? Presentation: Doing Business the Japanese Way with JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), presented by Miyuki Doi. Learn about the Japanese and the global economies and industries and innovative systems that help link foreign and Japanese firms. In 18-289 (Machiko Conway)

8:00-8:30 Musical Performance: The Occasional Consort, a madrigal singing group based in San Jose, will perform songs in French, Italian, German, and English, with commentary. Staff Dining Room (Building 5) (Roslyn Raney)

Daytime

11:10-12:25 Discussion: Typical Chinese Characteristics, in 14-207 (Jing Wu)

12:10-2:00 Calligraphy demonstration and display in front of the Library (Chinese Culture Club)

1:10-2:00 Chinese food sale (Chinese Culture Club)

Evening

6:30-9:30 Seminar: Chinese Heritage in "Feng Shui." In 14-205 (Jing Wu)

8:00 Film: Marx und Coca-Cola, German with English subtitles. In 14-104 (Diane Musgrave)

Daytime

11:00-noon Drawing and entertainment. Music by Francesco Ronchetti, Florentine recording artist (singer, composer); Italian prizes. In the Café International. (Guy Marra)

12:10-2:00 Karaoke in the Café International (Chinese Culture Club)