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Weekends

Support YOUR Pacific Tigers!Men’s VolleyballFriday, February 3rd - 7pm Alex G. Spanos CenterJoin the Pacific Tigers Men's Volleyball team as they take on Hawaii.

Saturday, February 4th - 7pmAlex G. Spanos CenterJoin the Pacific Tigers Men's Volleyball team as they take on Hawaii.

Women’s TennisSaturday, February 4th - 12noonAlex G. Spanos Center

Join ASuop Arts & Entertainment as they present a night of Casino games including Black Jack, Texas Hold’em, Craps and Roulette. The more you play the more chances you get to win great prizes like- Concert tickets, a Digital Camera, 32” TV and more! Don’t forget to stay late and see the concert detail reveal!

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at PacificASuop Presents: Tiger Nights CASINO NIGHTFriday February 3rd 8pm-12amDUC Ballroom

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Xi Chi Sigma Presents: Sticks and Stones JamSat. Feb 4th 4pm Ballroom; DeRosa University Center

The STKs & Stones JAM is a hybrid event: a talent showcase with 12 performing groups, as well as, a dance competition with 3 crews looking !to claim our grand prize of $100, a 1st place banner, and sponsorship to Stockton's largest dance competition, Breakthrough. Joining this congregation of local talent, Xi Chi Sigma has recruited Pacific's very own talent: four Disc!Jockeys, an experienced Emcee, 2 clothing companies, Rhythm Inc. dance company, Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, the Office of Admissions, and the Career Resource Center. In addition to the talent performances, there will be music, an exhibition from Rhythm Inc. dance, a small fashion show, give-aways, cultural blurbs, great informational resources, and jam sessions.

Libation CeremonyWednesaday Feb. 1st 4pmVereschagin Alumni HouseThe Libation ceremony is the annual kick-off event for Pacific's Black History Month celebration. Students, faculty and staff will gather to honor African American ancestry and history with a long lived tradition that partakes in the pouring of a liquid as a way of honoring those of the past.

ASuop Film: The HelpFriday and Saturday

Feb. 3rd and 4th at 8pmJanet Leigh TheatreThe #1 New York Times best seller by Kathryn Stockett comes to vivid life through the powerful performances of a phenomenal ensemble cast. The Help is an inspirational, courageous and empowering story about very different, extraordinary women in the 1960s South who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project — one that breaks society’s rules and puts them all at risk.

Gospelfest Sat Feb. 4th 7pmDelta College-Warren Atherton AuditoriumThis amazing annual event will feature Deon Kipping and James Fortune & Fiya. A great collaboration between Pacific's Black History Month and Delta College. $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Purchase at go.pacific.edu/gospelfest2012

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India ArieSat Feb. 18th 7pmBob Hope Theatre

Grammy Winning Artist to play in StocktonStudent tickets still available at the DeRosa Center front desk. For more information got to : go.pacific.edu/indiaarie

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Guest Recital

Violinist- Dan FlanaganWednesday Feb 1st at 730pmRecital Hall

Dan Flanagan currently serves as concertmaster of the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, lecturer in violin at UC Davis, coach and adjudicator for the Sacramento Youth Symphony, concertmaster for California Musical Theater, and founder and director of the Sacramento School of Music. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a master’s degree from the University of Oregon, where he was a graduate teaching fellow.His teachers include Linda Cerone, Charles Castleman, and Fritz Gearhart.

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Student Recital Series

Erica Weil- SopranoThursday. Feb 2nd at 730pmRecital Hall

Shawn Prudhomme-ViolaSunday Feb 5th at 5pmRecital Hall

Come see the amazing stylings of the pacific conservatory students as the Student Recital Series continues.

FREE to one an all!

Resident Artist Series

Nina Flyer-Cello

Sonia Leong- PianoSunday Feb 5th at 730pmRecital Hall

Cost is $8 General Admission-

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Concert Series-University

Symphony OrchestraSat. Feb. 4th at 730pmFaye Spanos Concert Hall

Conducted by Nicolas Waldvogel, the orchestra will perform several selections including Debussy's "La Mer", "Palinody for 14 Players in 7 Groups" by COM alumnus Yoshi Onishi, and two compositions written by Conservatory faculty member Francois Rose; "From a distant mountain, a Ray" and "L'ombre australe de Mineko". "From a distant mountain, a Ray" is a concerto for saxophone quartet featuring Conservatory faculty member David Henderson and the Premiere Saxophone Quartet. "L'ombre australe de Mineko", written for the University Symphony Orchestra, was inspired by Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's novel "Sanshiro". This concert will mark its premiere.

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HOCKEY-HOCKEY-HOCKEYFriday February 3rd 730pm

Saturday February 4th 730pmStockton Arena

Stockton Thunder vs. Idaho Steelheads: "Hockey With Heart"

They're back--Get your hockey fix with the Stockton Thunder! ! It's the 7th season of hockey with Matt Thomas and the Stockton Thunder at the Stockton Arena!

Promotions for this weekend will include:

• Game will promote and benefit the American Heart Association's ‘National Wear Red Day’ and to kickoff the ‘Go Red for Women’ movement and ‘American Heart Month’.

• To encourage fitness and a healthy heart, the first 2,000 adults attending the "Hockey with Heart" game will receive a Stockton Thunder equipment bag.

Individual game tickets vary, please check out the Stockton Thunder ticket page for more information.

Japanese Animation Double Feature: Fullmetal & Evangelion 2.0Sat., Feb. 4th at 6pmBob Hope Theater

The landmark anime Evangelion evolves, reaching new heights of intensity in the new feature film, EVANGELION: 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE.In an explosive new story full of brutal action and primal emotion, a group of young pilots maneuver their towering, cyborg Eva Units into combat against a deadly and disturbing enemy. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, a new feature-length adventure into the world of an international anime sensation.A fugitive alchemist with mysterious abilities leads the Elric brothers to a distant valley of slums inhabited by the Milos, a proud people struggling against bureaucratic exploitation.

Stockton Beautiful!Rose GardenSat. Feb. 4th, 9:00amVictory Park(Back-up rain date Sun. Feb. 5th)

Special Guest Speaker:Terry Reilly, Co-Founder of the Friends of the San Jose Rose Garden will lead the event. !Through the efforts with volunteers, in a partnership with the City of San Jose, The San Jose Municipal Rose Garden was awarded the title of "America's Best Rose Garden" by the All-America Rose Selections. !Come and learn the techniques to make this garden, and YOUR garden a winner!

Here's a video of the San Jose Pruning to brought out over 900 volunteers, which pruned over 4,000 roses in 90 minutes.