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La Peña Cultural Center Presents The Latino Film Series La Ultima / June 2012

Curated By David Gutierrez Date: Thursday June 7, 2012 Story of a Day (Rosana Matecki, Venezuela, 2009, 89 min.) A moving series of elements from the lives of humble people of...

'Super Cinema' Film Series at Central Library

from:Berkeley Public Library

Summer’s nearly here! Instead of blockbuster sequel movies, consider the Berkeley Public Library’s new film series, “Super Cinema”. Each month we’ll explore a...

Photography Exhibit: From Above, The Photography of Michael Layefsky

from:Berkeley Public Library

Berkeley-based photographer Michael Layefsky exhibits a selection of aerial photographs depicting landscapes of agricultural, industrial, and architectural subjects in the Bay...

La Pena Celebrates its 37th Anniversary

from:La Peña Cultural Center

Celebrating La Pena’s 37th Anniversary the LP 2nd Generation presents: Immigrant Voices Festival The Celebration and Struggle of the Universal Immigrant Voice....

Exhibition : Visions from the New California

from:Kala Art Institute

The Visions from the New California award is an initiative of the Alliance of Artists Communities and is generously supported by the James Irvine Foundation. Each year the awards...

Kala Art Institute News - Artist Opportunity

from:Kala Art Institute

The Kala Fellowship Award is an international competition open to artists from the U.S. and around the world. Hosting nine new artists at Kala each year helps to ensure that the...

Book Into Film: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn Discussion Group

from:Berkeley Public Library

Berkeley Public Library invites you to a viewing of Elia Kazan’s film of the Betty Smith novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The 1943 novel focuses on young Francie Nolan...

31st Annual Quilt Show at Berkeley Public Library

from:Berkeley Public Library

Berkeley Public Library proudly presents the 31st Annual Quilt Show. Quilts will be on display at the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck) in the 1st floor gallery,...

La Peña Cultural Center’s Schedule for May and June 2012

from:La Peña Cultural Center

Live Music May / June 2012 Friday May 4 A Music/Poetry Extravaganza. A Benefit to get a lift for Avotcja’s Wheel Chair Van. Hosted by Dr. Derethia DuVal-SFSU. Featuring...

Bringing High Quality Queer Arts Programming To The East Bay: Queer Cultural Center (Qcc) and La Peña Present Qcc at La Peña!

from:La Pena Cultural Center

Berkeley, CA----The Queer Cultural Center (Qcc) in San Francisco and La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley have joined forces to present a new LBGT arts series Qcc @ La Peña!...

Berkeley Earth Day

Berkeley Earth Day is an annual event held in April to celebrate the environmental movement and creatively challenge the destruction of our planet. We provide cultural performers,...

Astounding East Bay Art Exhibit Gathers The Works Of Noteworthy Latin American Master Modern Artists

from:La Pena Cultural Center

Jean & Norman Moore's collection is exhibited for the first time in 40 years Jean Moore and family are pleased to exhibit a selection of 57 works by 21 Latin American modern...

Berkeley Public Library Presents Bay Area Nature: The Photography of Satoko Myodo-Garcia

from:Berkeley Public Library

Bay Area Nature: The Photography of Satoko Myodo-Garcia Satoko Myodo-Garcia, exhibits digital color prints of Tilden Park from her Bay Area Nature photography series in Berkeley...

Exhibition - Kala-fornia: State of the Art 2

from:Kala Art Institute

Kala Art Institute invites you to experience Kala-fornia: State of the Art 2, a two week exhibition of works by prominent California artists. The exhibition culminates on the...

George 'TraGiC' Doman

from:La Pena Cultural Center

A member of Krip-Hop Nation: Hip-Hop Artists/Musicians with disabilities. George recently wrote and remixed Tupac Shakur’s “Brenda’s Got A Baby”, but instead called...

Myths Of Progress:Utopic Dreams/Dystopic Realities - Exhibition

from:Kala Art Institute

Kala Gallery is proud to present Myths of Progress, the first in our two-part 2012 exhibition series exploring cycles of time. Year 2012: For some, it is the mere mention of this...

Book Into Film: 127 Hours - Discussion Group

from:Berkeley Public Library

Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Public Library invites you to participate in an examination of 127 Hours, an intense film based on rock climber Aron Ralston’s true story. During a 2003...

Langston Hughes' Poetry On Stage

from:Berkeley Public Library

Berkeley Public Library celebrates African American History month with a special theater presentation by Marin’s Porchlight Theater. Actors Naomi Sample, Lewis Nelson, and...

Confronting The Mythology Of The Black Male Body From The Cotton Field To The Athletic Field: Word Becomes Flesh

from:La Pena Cultural Center

Written and Directed by Marc Bamuthi Joseph (The Living Word Project). Producing Director: Joan Osato Word Becomes Flesh is a fluid evening-length choreopoem written in the form...

Francis Tapon Slideshow On Eastern Europe

from:Berkeley Public Library

Author Francis Tapon presents a slideshow on Eastern Europe, the subject of his new book, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us. Francis Tapon is a Harvard MBA...

Red, Bike and Green: An Art and Photo Exhibition

from:Berkeley Public Library

The Oakland bicycle collective, Red, Bike and Green (RBG) exhibits photographs and original artwork in Berkeley Public Library’s Central Catalog Lobby, 2090 Kittredge at...

Weekend Activities in and around Berkeley

Give yourself a Time Out this week and treat yourself to a day out on the town. Whether you're in the mood to do some shopping, house hunting, catch a movie or just enjoy...

Catalina Claro's One-Woman Show

from:La Pena Cultural Center

On tour from Chile singer and songwriter - Catalina Claro. Pianist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer Catalina Claro returns to La Peña for a concert of her...

Cut your own Christmas Tree from tree farms in California

Pining for the perfect tree? Find one that’s right for your home at a California Christmas tree farm. Remember, not all farmers allow guests to cut their own, so be sure to call...

Berkeley Farmers Markets - Find local organic farmers market around the Berkeley area

Berkeley CA Farmers Markets - Find local organic farmers markets around the Berkeley area. We have the complete listings to help you find the best markets and organic produce...

Berkeley Thanksgiving 2011 - Thanksgiving Events, Volunteer Opportunities and more!

With Thanksgiving around the corner and preparations to be made, you might have a lot on your plate. That’s why AmericanTowns has put together resources for Thanksgiving...

Raíces Rebeldes/Rebel Roots, A Concert With Grupo Raiz, Rebel Diaz, Lakin Valdez, And SubVerso

from:La Pena Cultural Center

The Breaking the Paradigm Series presents a concert featuring two generation of Chilean artists in the USA. Grupo Raiz, a group of Chileans exiles whose music was pivotal at the...

Jazz Pianist Erika Oba With Chris Bastian, Bass at Berkeley Public Library

from:Berkeley Public Library

Berkeley Public Library presents one of the Jazzschool’s rising stars, pianist Erika Oba, with Chris Bastian, bass in a noontime concert of Ms. Oba’s original compositions....

Coexist - Documentary Film

from:La Pena Cultural Center

Coexist is a new forty-minute documentary by director Adam Mazo about post-genocide Rwanda where a social experiment in forced reconciliation is currently underway. By...

Public Art Finalists’ Presentation Materials On View At West And South Branch Libraries

from:Berkeley Public Library

Berkeley, California – Final presentation materials for the public art projects of the Berkeley Public Library’s West and South Branch Construction Projects will be on public...

Photography Exhibit and Artist Workshop

from:Berkeley Public Library

Man vs. Nature: quiet images from the frontline. Oakland photographer and life coach, Nancy Duranteau exhibits color prints from her series Man vs. Nature in Berkeley Public...

Alameda County Pumpkin Patch Farms and Pumpkin Picking Guide - Alameda County

Local Pumpkin Patch Farms - go pick pumpkin's at a local farm in the Alameda County California area. When there’s a crisp snap in the air, nothing beats a day at the...

Pumpkin Patch Farms and Pumpkin Picking Guide for California CA

California Pumpkin Picking Farms and Fall Pumkin Patch Farms - go pumpkin picking at a local farm in California. When there's a crisp snap in the air, nothing beats a day at the...

Exhibition - Cashing Out

from:Kala Art Institute

Kala Gallery is proud to present Cashing Out, the third exhibition in our series about systems. Cashing Out focuses on artists' interpretations of alternative financial systems in...

Find California Corn Mazes - Get lost in a California haunted Halloween corn maze this season!

Imagine entering a giant puzzle … one that's tall, green and full of surprises. This is the experience of a California corn mazes and it's a great, old-fashioned way to have...

Halloween Cabaret Carnival

from:Ashkenaz Music And Dance Community Center

Featuring Kid Kaleidoscope and Members of Vaudevillians Stage Troupe Halloween Cabaret Carnival brings a fun finale to “Silly Sundays,” Ashkenaz’s fall series of kids’...

Dance of the Dead

from:Ashkenaz Music And Dance Community Center

The Thugz with Special Guest Stu Allen A long tradition (begun in the 20th century), Ashkenaz’s Grateful Dead night continues to turn new corners and present surprises,...

Take Advantage Of This Limited-Time Offer For Current U-M Exhibit Museum Of Natural History Members!

Join Research Investigator Shannon Davis, Ph.D. as he gives a special behind-the-scenes tour of a University of Michigan research laboratory. You will be guided into the world of...

Modesto Celebrated in New Book

New from Arcadia Publishing’s Postcard History Series is Modesto. In over 200 vintage photographs and postcards, repeat author Carl P. Baggese shares the history of the...

Dennis Kim In Tree City Legends

from:La Pena Cultural Center

La Peña Cultural Center and Intersection for the Arts Presents Writer/musician Dennis Kim performs excerpts from his play "Tree City Legends", directed by Marc...

Berkeley Public Library Staff Art Show

from:Berkeley Public Library

Berkeley, CA - Come see what the talented employees of the Berkeley Public Library do when they’re not at work! The 6th Annual Berkeley Public Library Staff Art Show will take...

Apple Picking Orchards and Apple Farms Guide for California CA

We have the best California apple picking orchards, apple farms, apple festivals for the state of California. We have found the best 'pick your own' apple orchards and apple farms...

Solo Performance: Ungrateful Daughter by Lisa Marie Rollins

from:La Peña Cultural Center

Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, and Madonna have adopted black children. How could it not be good? Should you go pick one up? Especially after you see their faces on TV...

Kala Fellowship Artist Talk: Renée Gertler And Francesca Pastine

from:Kala Art Institute

Kala's Fellowship program includes an annual series of artists talks presented by Fellows during their studio residencies. This Artist Talk will conclude the 2010-2011 series and...

Oliver Ranch Tour

from:Kala Art Institute

Join collector Steve Oliver and the Kala Board of Directors on a private tour of his picturesque 100-acre property in the Alexander Valley featuring 18 remarkable site-specific...

Exhibition - Residency Projects II

from:Kala Art Institute

Residency Projects II: New work by Elisheva Biernoff, Renée Gertler, Jessica Ingram, Jennie Ottinger and Zachary Royer Scholz Kala Gallery is proud to present the second of our...

La Peña Cultural Center Presents FistUp Hip-Hop Film Festival

from:La Peña Cultural Center

This Is The Life Thursday September 1, 2011 $5 don. 7:30pm. Directed by Ava DuVernay. Representing Hip-Hop in: Los Angeles, CA USA. The film chronicles "The Good Life"...

Top Artists Teach at Berkeley Rep In Theatre School’s 10th Year

from:Berkeley Repertory Theatre

The San Francisco Chronicle proclaimed that “the rise of Berkeley Repertory Theatre” is the theatre story of the decade – yet the string of hits the nonprofit sends to...

Mochi Parra Sings at La Peña

from:La Peña Cultural Center

Mochi Parra is a Chilean singer and multi-instrumentalist. In 1985, she won Chile's Luis Cruz Martinez national medal of music for best young concert cellist. Currently, her work...

Crowden Music Center Announces 2011-12 Concert Season

from:Crowden Music Center

Sundays at Four: Hot Club of San Francisco, LeftCoast Ensemble, Tessa Seymour, Roger Chase Free Family Fun at Community Music Day and Very First Concerts Berkeley, CA - Crowden...