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Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

• Brower Center Juried Show 'Almost Together'

  09:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  We live in a digital age, in which video chatting with someone in another country is often easier than visiting a friend across town. At the same time, we rely on physical spaces to facilitate connection and meaning--whether through a game of basketball at the YMCA, a visit to a village market, or a movement such as Occupy. What role ...More

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Gazing Into Nature: Early Chinese Painting, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Gazing Into Nature features a selection of BAM/PFA's earliest Chinese painting. Rare and amazingly well-preserved works by early landscape and bird-and-flower painters of the late Song and early Yuan periods (13th-14th centuries), rendered on silk or paper with ink and light color, demonstrate the sophistication and accomplishment of the early Chinese painting tradition. ...More

• Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Known for his bold use of color, innovative approach to materials, and dynamic compositions, Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is perhaps most celebrated for paintings that use the rectangle as a primary motif. Loosely derived from Cubist approaches to defining form and space,Hofmann's rectangles provide pictorial structure as well as a sense of motion, atmosphere, and mood. ...More

• Matrix 248 Nicole Eisenman

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Matrix 248 showcases the work of New York-based artist Nicole Eisienman, who has been steadfastly expanding dialogues surrounding painting and drawings since the 1990s. Intermixing styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman brings history to bear in her canvases and drawings, yet twists the imagery to infuse these familiar forms with her own incisive social ...More

• Rebar: Kaleidoscape

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Rebar: Kaledioscape, is the new social sculpture in our large atrium space. Like the popular BAMscape by Thom Faulders, Kaleidoscape, designed by the San Francisco-based firm Rebar, is both a work of art and a piece of furniture. Come rearrange the modular pieces to create a customized environment for study, relaxation, or socializing. Rebar is known for work that challenges ...More

• Freedom of Expression, The Work of Enrique Chagoya

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Co-curated by Peter Selz and Sue Kubly. Artists Chagoya's work incorporates historic and political subject matter to cast new interpretations of Mexico's history and current political events. His work invokes elements of pre-Columbian mythology, western religious inconography, and American popular culture, to address issues of Colonial conquest and its destructive wake, the problems of the border and the legacy of ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Mourning Becomes Her

  12:00 PM - 06:00 PM   

  Sentimentality & Sorrow in Fashion 1860-1920. The image of the mourner in the nineteenth century is a pious and sorrowful woman. She, mother, wife, sister, or daughter, represented the devotion and regretful loss experienced by her family to their whole community. As the icon for bereavement, there were rules in society for women regarding how long they should be in ...More

• Our Many Cultures, exhibit

  12:00 PM - 03:00 PM   

  This show brings together artwork that depicts the many cultures we have in our Country and in the world. We have a bit of American culture with Disney the Jazz scene, and then the many cultures visited by our artists as they traveled around the world which they present in many different mediums: Paintings in acrylic,water color, and oil; ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• By and By

  07:00 PM   

  Written by Lauren Gunderson. Directed by Mina Morita. Science has only begun to reveal the extraordinary possibilities of cloning, and the ethical arguments surrounding it have never been more tumultuous. In the midst of the controversy is Steven, a leading scientist in the arcane world of human closing. Then there's his best-kept secret: his daughter Denise. This World ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  07:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• George Gershwin Alone (Special Presentation)

  08:00 PM   

  In George Gershwin Alone, the irresistible music of America's favorite composer comes alive, along with exciting insights into his brief and brilliant life. Hershey Felder brings his hit show to Berkeley Rep after successful runs on Broadway, in London's West End and in cities across the country. An accomplished pianist and performer, Felder was given full access to the Gershwin archives ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  08:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

Thursday, June 20th, 2013

• Brower Center Juried Show 'Almost Together'

  09:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  We live in a digital age, in which video chatting with someone in another country is often easier than visiting a friend across town. At the same time, we rely on physical spaces to facilitate connection and meaning--whether through a game of basketball at the YMCA, a visit to a village market, or a movement such as Occupy. What role ...More

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Ballet of Heads: The Figure in the Collection

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Taking as its point of departure the work of Nicole Eisenman, on view in Matrix 248, Ballet of Heads brings together works from the collection that demonstrate the inexhaustible variety and texture of the human form in art. Gallery Admission: $10 General, $7 Non-UC Berkeley students, Seniors 65+, Disabled Persons, and Youths 13-17. Free admission the first Thursday of every ...More

• Gazing Into Nature: Early Chinese Painting, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Gazing Into Nature features a selection of BAM/PFA's earliest Chinese painting. Rare and amazingly well-preserved works by early landscape and bird-and-flower painters of the late Song and early Yuan periods (13th-14th centuries), rendered on silk or paper with ink and light color, demonstrate the sophistication and accomplishment of the early Chinese painting tradition. ...More

• Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Known for his bold use of color, innovative approach to materials, and dynamic compositions, Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is perhaps most celebrated for paintings that use the rectangle as a primary motif. Loosely derived from Cubist approaches to defining form and space,Hofmann's rectangles provide pictorial structure as well as a sense of motion, atmosphere, and mood. ...More

• Matrix 248 Nicole Eisenman

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Matrix 248 showcases the work of New York-based artist Nicole Eisienman, who has been steadfastly expanding dialogues surrounding painting and drawings since the 1990s. Intermixing styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman brings history to bear in her canvases and drawings, yet twists the imagery to infuse these familiar forms with her own incisive social ...More

• Rebar: Kaleidoscape

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Rebar: Kaledioscape, is the new social sculpture in our large atrium space. Like the popular BAMscape by Thom Faulders, Kaleidoscape, designed by the San Francisco-based firm Rebar, is both a work of art and a piece of furniture. Come rearrange the modular pieces to create a customized environment for study, relaxation, or socializing. Rebar is known for work that challenges ...More

• Freedom of Expression, The Work of Enrique Chagoya

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Co-curated by Peter Selz and Sue Kubly. Artists Chagoya's work incorporates historic and political subject matter to cast new interpretations of Mexico's history and current political events. His work invokes elements of pre-Columbian mythology, western religious inconography, and American popular culture, to address issues of Colonial conquest and its destructive wake, the problems of the border and the legacy of ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Mourning Becomes Her

  12:00 PM - 06:00 PM   

  Sentimentality & Sorrow in Fashion 1860-1920. The image of the mourner in the nineteenth century is a pious and sorrowful woman. She, mother, wife, sister, or daughter, represented the devotion and regretful loss experienced by her family to their whole community. As the icon for bereavement, there were rules in society for women regarding how long they should be in ...More

• Our Many Cultures, exhibit

  12:00 PM - 03:00 PM   

  This show brings together artwork that depicts the many cultures we have in our Country and in the world. We have a bit of American culture with Disney the Jazz scene, and then the many cultures visited by our artists as they traveled around the world which they present in many different mediums: Paintings in acrylic,water color, and oil; ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• Berkeley: From Farm to Urban Farming (1850-2013)

  01:00 PM - 04:00 PM   

  The exhibit highlights the farms, dairies, nurseries, and orchards that dotted Berkley's land in the early days and chronicles the continued importance of agriculture today with the community garden and urban farm movements. Through photographs, maps, objects, and first-hand accounts, it follows Berkeley's transition from a rural territory in the 19th century to a residential, educational, and manufacturing community in the 20th ...More

• Plants of the World Garden Tour

  01:30 PM   

  Explore the Garden's incredible diversity of plants from six continents, including environments as diverse as deserts, tropical forests, redwood forests, and wetlands. Each tour is a unique experience focused on plants at their seasonal best, a variety of themes, and your interests ...More

• Redwood Grove Summer Concert, Gautam Tejaz Ganeshan

  05:30 PM - 07:00 PM   

  Our 3rd Summer Concert features Gautam Tejas Ganeshan + The Bodhidharma Ensemble. Dubbed a 'local treasure' by SF Classical Voice, Gautam Ganeshan sings classical carnatic music with distinction and an inimitable style. The Bodhidharma Ensemble links the cultures of India and china through innovative interpretation of old songs, and original compositions with an unprecedented sound. Enjoy the fresh air, bring a ...More

• By and By

  07:00 PM   

  Written by Lauren Gunderson. Directed by Mina Morita. Science has only begun to reveal the extraordinary possibilities of cloning, and the ethical arguments surrounding it have never been more tumultuous. In the midst of the controversy is Steven, a leading scientist in the arcane world of human closing. Then there's his best-kept secret: his daughter Denise. This World ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  08:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• George Gershwin Alone (Special Presentation)

  08:00 PM   

  In George Gershwin Alone, the irresistible music of America's favorite composer comes alive, along with exciting insights into his brief and brilliant life. Hershey Felder brings his hit show to Berkeley Rep after successful runs on Broadway, in London's West End and in cities across the country. An accomplished pianist and performer, Felder was given full access to the Gershwin archives ...More

• The Medea Hypothesis, a reconfiguration

  08:00 PM   

  A world premiere from the central Works Writers Workshop. Written by Marian Berges. Directed by Gary Graves. Local playwright Marian Berges takes the time-honored Greek myth about a wronged woman with a score to settle, and reconfigures it into the story of a modern jet-setting 'execu-diva' in a fractured world of absurdity--a quirky cultural critique with a wicked ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  08:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

Friday, June 21st, 2013

• Brower Center Juried Show 'Almost Together'

  09:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  We live in a digital age, in which video chatting with someone in another country is often easier than visiting a friend across town. At the same time, we rely on physical spaces to facilitate connection and meaning--whether through a game of basketball at the YMCA, a visit to a village market, or a movement such as Occupy. What role ...More

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Ballet of Heads: The Figure in the Collection

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Taking as its point of departure the work of Nicole Eisenman, on view in Matrix 248, Ballet of Heads brings together works from the collection that demonstrate the inexhaustible variety and texture of the human form in art. Gallery Admission: $10 General, $7 Non-UC Berkeley students, Seniors 65+, Disabled Persons, and Youths 13-17. Free admission the first Thursday of every ...More

• Gazing Into Nature: Early Chinese Painting, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Gazing Into Nature features a selection of BAM/PFA's earliest Chinese painting. Rare and amazingly well-preserved works by early landscape and bird-and-flower painters of the late Song and early Yuan periods (13th-14th centuries), rendered on silk or paper with ink and light color, demonstrate the sophistication and accomplishment of the early Chinese painting tradition. ...More

• Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Known for his bold use of color, innovative approach to materials, and dynamic compositions, Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is perhaps most celebrated for paintings that use the rectangle as a primary motif. Loosely derived from Cubist approaches to defining form and space,Hofmann's rectangles provide pictorial structure as well as a sense of motion, atmosphere, and mood. ...More

• Matrix 248 Nicole Eisenman

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Matrix 248 showcases the work of New York-based artist Nicole Eisienman, who has been steadfastly expanding dialogues surrounding painting and drawings since the 1990s. Intermixing styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman brings history to bear in her canvases and drawings, yet twists the imagery to infuse these familiar forms with her own incisive social ...More

• Rebar: Kaleidoscape

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Rebar: Kaledioscape, is the new social sculpture in our large atrium space. Like the popular BAMscape by Thom Faulders, Kaleidoscape, designed by the San Francisco-based firm Rebar, is both a work of art and a piece of furniture. Come rearrange the modular pieces to create a customized environment for study, relaxation, or socializing. Rebar is known for work that challenges ...More

• Freedom of Expression, The Work of Enrique Chagoya

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Co-curated by Peter Selz and Sue Kubly. Artists Chagoya's work incorporates historic and political subject matter to cast new interpretations of Mexico's history and current political events. His work invokes elements of pre-Columbian mythology, western religious inconography, and American popular culture, to address issues of Colonial conquest and its destructive wake, the problems of the border and the legacy of ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Mourning Becomes Her

  12:00 PM - 06:00 PM   

  Sentimentality & Sorrow in Fashion 1860-1920. The image of the mourner in the nineteenth century is a pious and sorrowful woman. She, mother, wife, sister, or daughter, represented the devotion and regretful loss experienced by her family to their whole community. As the icon for bereavement, there were rules in society for women regarding how long they should be in ...More

• Our Many Cultures, exhibit

  12:00 PM - 03:00 PM   

  This show brings together artwork that depicts the many cultures we have in our Country and in the world. We have a bit of American culture with Disney the Jazz scene, and then the many cultures visited by our artists as they traveled around the world which they present in many different mediums: Paintings in acrylic,water color, and oil; ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• Berkeley: From Farm to Urban Farming (1850-2013)

  01:00 PM - 04:00 PM   

  The exhibit highlights the farms, dairies, nurseries, and orchards that dotted Berkley's land in the early days and chronicles the continued importance of agriculture today with the community garden and urban farm movements. Through photographs, maps, objects, and first-hand accounts, it follows Berkeley's transition from a rural territory in the 19th century to a residential, educational, and manufacturing community in the 20th ...More

• Black Tie and Blue Jeans Annual Gala

  06:00 PM - 11:00 PM   

  Berkeley Chamber of Commerce's 113th Annual Gala. Dust off you black tie, iron those blue jeans and come join your friends for a glittering evening mix of formal and fun, cocktails and hors d'euvres, music and dancing, blue jeans and bling, as only Berkeley can do it! Grand Prize Drawing for the 2013 Scion IQ, benefiting the Berkeley Chamber Arts Foundation. ...More

• Chez Panisse Grand-Re-Opening & Fundraiser

  06:00 PM   

  We are celebrating the grand re-opening of Chez Panisse. Today is also a fundraiser for The Edible Schoolyard Project. One seating in the Restaurant and Cafe. Special menus, music, dancing, and wines to celebrate the Summer Solstice and Chez Panisse's re-opening. All proceeds to benefit new Edible Education Program at the Edible Schoolyard Project. Dinner: $1,000 per person in ...More

• By and By

  08:00 PM   

  Written by Lauren Gunderson. Directed by Mina Morita. Science has only begun to reveal the extraordinary possibilities of cloning, and the ethical arguments surrounding it have never been more tumultuous. In the midst of the controversy is Steven, a leading scientist in the arcane world of human closing. Then there's his best-kept secret: his daughter Denise. This World ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  08:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• George Gershwin Alone (Special Presentation)

  08:00 PM   

  In George Gershwin Alone, the irresistible music of America's favorite composer comes alive, along with exciting insights into his brief and brilliant life. Hershey Felder brings his hit show to Berkeley Rep after successful runs on Broadway, in London's West End and in cities across the country. An accomplished pianist and performer, Felder was given full access to the Gershwin archives ...More

• The Medea Hypothesis, a reconfiguration

  08:00 PM   

  A world premiere from the central Works Writers Workshop. Written by Marian Berges. Directed by Gary Graves. Local playwright Marian Berges takes the time-honored Greek myth about a wronged woman with a score to settle, and reconfigures it into the story of a modern jet-setting 'execu-diva' in a fractured world of absurdity--a quirky cultural critique with a wicked ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  08:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

Saturday, June 22nd, 2013

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Ballet of Heads: The Figure in the Collection

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Taking as its point of departure the work of Nicole Eisenman, on view in Matrix 248, Ballet of Heads brings together works from the collection that demonstrate the inexhaustible variety and texture of the human form in art. Gallery Admission: $10 General, $7 Non-UC Berkeley students, Seniors 65+, Disabled Persons, and Youths 13-17. Free admission the first Thursday of every ...More

• Gazing Into Nature: Early Chinese Painting, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Gazing Into Nature features a selection of BAM/PFA's earliest Chinese painting. Rare and amazingly well-preserved works by early landscape and bird-and-flower painters of the late Song and early Yuan periods (13th-14th centuries), rendered on silk or paper with ink and light color, demonstrate the sophistication and accomplishment of the early Chinese painting tradition. ...More

• Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Known for his bold use of color, innovative approach to materials, and dynamic compositions, Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is perhaps most celebrated for paintings that use the rectangle as a primary motif. Loosely derived from Cubist approaches to defining form and space,Hofmann's rectangles provide pictorial structure as well as a sense of motion, atmosphere, and mood. ...More

• Matrix 248 Nicole Eisenman

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Matrix 248 showcases the work of New York-based artist Nicole Eisienman, who has been steadfastly expanding dialogues surrounding painting and drawings since the 1990s. Intermixing styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman brings history to bear in her canvases and drawings, yet twists the imagery to infuse these familiar forms with her own incisive social ...More

• Rebar: Kaleidoscape

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Rebar: Kaledioscape, is the new social sculpture in our large atrium space. Like the popular BAMscape by Thom Faulders, Kaleidoscape, designed by the San Francisco-based firm Rebar, is both a work of art and a piece of furniture. Come rearrange the modular pieces to create a customized environment for study, relaxation, or socializing. Rebar is known for work that challenges ...More

• 10th Annual Berkeley World Music Festival

  12:00 PM - 09:00 PM   

  This festival features some of the finest world music artists who call the Bay area home. Performances are offered in Telegraph Avenue cafes and shops, near UC campus, as well as the People’s Park concert (1-6 pm), sponsored by Amoeba Music. Visitors are encouraged to pick up an event map and schedule at the information booth located on Telegraph Avenue ...More

• Freedom of Expression, The Work of Enrique Chagoya

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Co-curated by Peter Selz and Sue Kubly. Artists Chagoya's work incorporates historic and political subject matter to cast new interpretations of Mexico's history and current political events. His work invokes elements of pre-Columbian mythology, western religious inconography, and American popular culture, to address issues of Colonial conquest and its destructive wake, the problems of the border and the legacy of ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Mourning Becomes Her

  12:00 PM - 06:00 PM   

  Sentimentality & Sorrow in Fashion 1860-1920. The image of the mourner in the nineteenth century is a pious and sorrowful woman. She, mother, wife, sister, or daughter, represented the devotion and regretful loss experienced by her family to their whole community. As the icon for bereavement, there were rules in society for women regarding how long they should be in ...More

• Our Many Cultures, exhibit

  12:00 PM - 03:00 PM   

  This show brings together artwork that depicts the many cultures we have in our Country and in the world. We have a bit of American culture with Disney the Jazz scene, and then the many cultures visited by our artists as they traveled around the world which they present in many different mediums: Paintings in acrylic,water color, and oil; ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• Berkeley: From Farm to Urban Farming (1850-2013)

  01:00 PM - 04:00 PM   

  The exhibit highlights the farms, dairies, nurseries, and orchards that dotted Berkley's land in the early days and chronicles the continued importance of agriculture today with the community garden and urban farm movements. Through photographs, maps, objects, and first-hand accounts, it follows Berkeley's transition from a rural territory in the 19th century to a residential, educational, and manufacturing community in the 20th ...More

• Plants of the World Garden Tour

  01:30 PM   

  Explore the Garden's incredible diversity of plants from six continents, including environments as diverse as deserts, tropical forests, redwood forests, and wetlands. Each tour is a unique experience focused on plants at their seasonal best, a variety of themes, and your interests ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  02:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• George Gershwin Alone (Special Presentation)

  02:00 PM   

  In George Gershwin Alone, the irresistible music of America's favorite composer comes alive, along with exciting insights into his brief and brilliant life. Hershey Felder brings his hit show to Berkeley Rep after successful runs on Broadway, in London's West End and in cities across the country. An accomplished pianist and performer, Felder was given full access to the Gershwin archives ...More

• Greek Theatre: She and Him

  07:00 PM   

  ...More

• By and By

  08:00 PM   

  Written by Lauren Gunderson. Directed by Mina Morita. Science has only begun to reveal the extraordinary possibilities of cloning, and the ethical arguments surrounding it have never been more tumultuous. In the midst of the controversy is Steven, a leading scientist in the arcane world of human closing. Then there's his best-kept secret: his daughter Denise. This World ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  08:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• George Gershwin Alone (Special Presentation)

  08:00 PM   

  In George Gershwin Alone, the irresistible music of America's favorite composer comes alive, along with exciting insights into his brief and brilliant life. Hershey Felder brings his hit show to Berkeley Rep after successful runs on Broadway, in London's West End and in cities across the country. An accomplished pianist and performer, Felder was given full access to the Gershwin archives ...More

• The Medea Hypothesis, a reconfiguration

  08:00 PM   

  A world premiere from the central Works Writers Workshop. Written by Marian Berges. Directed by Gary Graves. Local playwright Marian Berges takes the time-honored Greek myth about a wronged woman with a score to settle, and reconfigures it into the story of a modern jet-setting 'execu-diva' in a fractured world of absurdity--a quirky cultural critique with a wicked ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  08:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

• Greek Theatre: Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell & She and Him

  TBA   

  ...More

Sunday, June 23rd, 2013

• Brower Center Juried Show 'Almost Together'

  09:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  We live in a digital age, in which video chatting with someone in another country is often easier than visiting a friend across town. At the same time, we rely on physical spaces to facilitate connection and meaning--whether through a game of basketball at the YMCA, a visit to a village market, or a movement such as Occupy. What role ...More

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Ballet of Heads: The Figure in the Collection

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Taking as its point of departure the work of Nicole Eisenman, on view in Matrix 248, Ballet of Heads brings together works from the collection that demonstrate the inexhaustible variety and texture of the human form in art. Gallery Admission: $10 General, $7 Non-UC Berkeley students, Seniors 65+, Disabled Persons, and Youths 13-17. Free admission the first Thursday of every ...More

• Gazing Into Nature: Early Chinese Painting, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Gazing Into Nature features a selection of BAM/PFA's earliest Chinese painting. Rare and amazingly well-preserved works by early landscape and bird-and-flower painters of the late Song and early Yuan periods (13th-14th centuries), rendered on silk or paper with ink and light color, demonstrate the sophistication and accomplishment of the early Chinese painting tradition. ...More

• Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Known for his bold use of color, innovative approach to materials, and dynamic compositions, Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is perhaps most celebrated for paintings that use the rectangle as a primary motif. Loosely derived from Cubist approaches to defining form and space,Hofmann's rectangles provide pictorial structure as well as a sense of motion, atmosphere, and mood. ...More

• Matrix 248 Nicole Eisenman

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Matrix 248 showcases the work of New York-based artist Nicole Eisienman, who has been steadfastly expanding dialogues surrounding painting and drawings since the 1990s. Intermixing styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman brings history to bear in her canvases and drawings, yet twists the imagery to infuse these familiar forms with her own incisive social ...More

• Rebar: Kaleidoscape

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Rebar: Kaledioscape, is the new social sculpture in our large atrium space. Like the popular BAMscape by Thom Faulders, Kaleidoscape, designed by the San Francisco-based firm Rebar, is both a work of art and a piece of furniture. Come rearrange the modular pieces to create a customized environment for study, relaxation, or socializing. Rebar is known for work that challenges ...More

• Sundays on Telegraph

  11:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Telegraph Ave.will be closed to cars but open to restaurant seating, music,street vendors, and more. come enjoy the beautiful weather, food, crafts, and everything else that Telegraph has to offer. Music Line Up: 06/16 Spirit of '29 (Dixieland Jazz); 06/23 Indonesion Gamelon; 06/30 Mike Sweetland (Jazz); 907/07 Lisa Graciano (World Music); 07/14 Craig Browning (Jazz); 07/21 Indonesian Gamelon; 07/28 Richard Greig ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Our Many Cultures, exhibit

  12:00 PM - 03:00 PM   

  This show brings together artwork that depicts the many cultures we have in our Country and in the world. We have a bit of American culture with Disney the Jazz scene, and then the many cultures visited by our artists as they traveled around the world which they present in many different mediums: Paintings in acrylic,water color, and oil; ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• Architectural Tour of the Berkeley City Club

  01:00 PM - 03:30 PM   

  Architectural Tour: The Berkeley City Club offers free docent tours of pioneering architect Julia Morgan’s Mediterranean/Gothic “little castle”. Tours take place every fourth Sunday of every month except December. No reservation necessary. ...More

• Plants of the World Garden Tour

  01:30 PM   

  Explore the Garden's incredible diversity of plants from six continents, including environments as diverse as deserts, tropical forests, redwood forests, and wetlands. Each tour is a unique experience focused on plants at their seasonal best, a variety of themes, and your interests ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  02:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• George Gershwin Alone (Special Presentation)

  02:00 PM   

  In George Gershwin Alone, the irresistible music of America's favorite composer comes alive, along with exciting insights into his brief and brilliant life. Hershey Felder brings his hit show to Berkeley Rep after successful runs on Broadway, in London's West End and in cities across the country. An accomplished pianist and performer, Felder was given full access to the Gershwin archives ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  02:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

• By and By

  05:00 PM   

  Written by Lauren Gunderson. Directed by Mina Morita. Science has only begun to reveal the extraordinary possibilities of cloning, and the ethical arguments surrounding it have never been more tumultuous. In the midst of the controversy is Steven, a leading scientist in the arcane world of human closing. Then there's his best-kept secret: his daughter Denise. This World ...More

• The Medea Hypothesis, a reconfiguration

  05:00 PM   

  A world premiere from the central Works Writers Workshop. Written by Marian Berges. Directed by Gary Graves. Local playwright Marian Berges takes the time-honored Greek myth about a wronged woman with a score to settle, and reconfigures it into the story of a modern jet-setting 'execu-diva' in a fractured world of absurdity--a quirky cultural critique with a wicked ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  07:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• George Gershwin Alone (Special Presentation)

  07:00 PM   

  In George Gershwin Alone, the irresistible music of America's favorite composer comes alive, along with exciting insights into his brief and brilliant life. Hershey Felder brings his hit show to Berkeley Rep after successful runs on Broadway, in London's West End and in cities across the country. An accomplished pianist and performer, Felder was given full access to the Gershwin archives ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  07:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

Monday, June 24th, 2013

• Brower Center Juried Show 'Almost Together'

  09:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  We live in a digital age, in which video chatting with someone in another country is often easier than visiting a friend across town. At the same time, we rely on physical spaces to facilitate connection and meaning--whether through a game of basketball at the YMCA, a visit to a village market, or a movement such as Occupy. What role ...More

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Mourning Becomes Her

  12:00 PM - 06:00 PM   

  Sentimentality & Sorrow in Fashion 1860-1920. The image of the mourner in the nineteenth century is a pious and sorrowful woman. She, mother, wife, sister, or daughter, represented the devotion and regretful loss experienced by her family to their whole community. As the icon for bereavement, there were rules in society for women regarding how long they should be in ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

• Brower Center Juried Show 'Almost Together'

  09:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  We live in a digital age, in which video chatting with someone in another country is often easier than visiting a friend across town. At the same time, we rely on physical spaces to facilitate connection and meaning--whether through a game of basketball at the YMCA, a visit to a village market, or a movement such as Occupy. What role ...More

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Freedom of Expression, The Work of Enrique Chagoya

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Co-curated by Peter Selz and Sue Kubly. Artists Chagoya's work incorporates historic and political subject matter to cast new interpretations of Mexico's history and current political events. His work invokes elements of pre-Columbian mythology, western religious inconography, and American popular culture, to address issues of Colonial conquest and its destructive wake, the problems of the border and the legacy of ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Mourning Becomes Her

  12:00 PM - 06:00 PM   

  Sentimentality & Sorrow in Fashion 1860-1920. The image of the mourner in the nineteenth century is a pious and sorrowful woman. She, mother, wife, sister, or daughter, represented the devotion and regretful loss experienced by her family to their whole community. As the icon for bereavement, there were rules in society for women regarding how long they should be in ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  07:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  08:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

• Brower Center Juried Show 'Almost Together'

  09:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  We live in a digital age, in which video chatting with someone in another country is often easier than visiting a friend across town. At the same time, we rely on physical spaces to facilitate connection and meaning--whether through a game of basketball at the YMCA, a visit to a village market, or a movement such as Occupy. What role ...More

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Deities, Demons, and Teachers of Tibet, Nepal, and India

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Joyful and sensual sculptural figures of Indian deities and dancers join radiant images of enlightened beings from Tibet and Nepal in Deities, Demons, and Teachers, which presents a rotating display of works by anonymous Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan artisans. A tenth-century sandstone figure of Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity worshipped by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists, graces the entrance to the exhibition, ...More

• Gazing Into Nature: Early Chinese Painting, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Gazing Into Nature features a selection of BAM/PFA's earliest Chinese painting. Rare and amazingly well-preserved works by early landscape and bird-and-flower painters of the late Song and early Yuan periods (13th-14th centuries), rendered on silk or paper with ink and light color, demonstrate the sophistication and accomplishment of the early Chinese painting tradition. ...More

• Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Known for his bold use of color, innovative approach to materials, and dynamic compositions, Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is perhaps most celebrated for paintings that use the rectangle as a primary motif. Loosely derived from Cubist approaches to defining form and space,Hofmann's rectangles provide pictorial structure as well as a sense of motion, atmosphere, and mood. ...More

• Matrix 248 Nicole Eisenman

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Matrix 248 showcases the work of New York-based artist Nicole Eisienman, who has been steadfastly expanding dialogues surrounding painting and drawings since the 1990s. Intermixing styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman brings history to bear in her canvases and drawings, yet twists the imagery to infuse these familiar forms with her own incisive social ...More

• Rebar: Kaleidoscape

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Rebar: Kaledioscape, is the new social sculpture in our large atrium space. Like the popular BAMscape by Thom Faulders, Kaleidoscape, designed by the San Francisco-based firm Rebar, is both a work of art and a piece of furniture. Come rearrange the modular pieces to create a customized environment for study, relaxation, or socializing. Rebar is known for work that challenges ...More

• Freedom of Expression, The Work of Enrique Chagoya

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Co-curated by Peter Selz and Sue Kubly. Artists Chagoya's work incorporates historic and political subject matter to cast new interpretations of Mexico's history and current political events. His work invokes elements of pre-Columbian mythology, western religious inconography, and American popular culture, to address issues of Colonial conquest and its destructive wake, the problems of the border and the legacy of ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Mourning Becomes Her

  12:00 PM - 06:00 PM   

  Sentimentality & Sorrow in Fashion 1860-1920. The image of the mourner in the nineteenth century is a pious and sorrowful woman. She, mother, wife, sister, or daughter, represented the devotion and regretful loss experienced by her family to their whole community. As the icon for bereavement, there were rules in society for women regarding how long they should be in ...More

• Our Many Cultures, exhibit

  12:00 PM - 03:00 PM   

  This show brings together artwork that depicts the many cultures we have in our Country and in the world. We have a bit of American culture with Disney the Jazz scene, and then the many cultures visited by our artists as they traveled around the world which they present in many different mediums: Paintings in acrylic,water color, and oil; ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  07:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  08:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

Thursday, June 27th, 2013

• Brower Center Juried Show 'Almost Together'

  09:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  We live in a digital age, in which video chatting with someone in another country is often easier than visiting a friend across town. At the same time, we rely on physical spaces to facilitate connection and meaning--whether through a game of basketball at the YMCA, a visit to a village market, or a movement such as Occupy. What role ...More

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Ballet of Heads: The Figure in the Collection

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Taking as its point of departure the work of Nicole Eisenman, on view in Matrix 248, Ballet of Heads brings together works from the collection that demonstrate the inexhaustible variety and texture of the human form in art. Gallery Admission: $10 General, $7 Non-UC Berkeley students, Seniors 65+, Disabled Persons, and Youths 13-17. Free admission the first Thursday of every ...More

• Deities, Demons, and Teachers of Tibet, Nepal, and India

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Joyful and sensual sculptural figures of Indian deities and dancers join radiant images of enlightened beings from Tibet and Nepal in Deities, Demons, and Teachers, which presents a rotating display of works by anonymous Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan artisans. A tenth-century sandstone figure of Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity worshipped by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists, graces the entrance to the exhibition, ...More

• Gazing Into Nature: Early Chinese Painting, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Gazing Into Nature features a selection of BAM/PFA's earliest Chinese painting. Rare and amazingly well-preserved works by early landscape and bird-and-flower painters of the late Song and early Yuan periods (13th-14th centuries), rendered on silk or paper with ink and light color, demonstrate the sophistication and accomplishment of the early Chinese painting tradition. ...More

• Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Known for his bold use of color, innovative approach to materials, and dynamic compositions, Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is perhaps most celebrated for paintings that use the rectangle as a primary motif. Loosely derived from Cubist approaches to defining form and space,Hofmann's rectangles provide pictorial structure as well as a sense of motion, atmosphere, and mood. ...More

• Matrix 248 Nicole Eisenman

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Matrix 248 showcases the work of New York-based artist Nicole Eisienman, who has been steadfastly expanding dialogues surrounding painting and drawings since the 1990s. Intermixing styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman brings history to bear in her canvases and drawings, yet twists the imagery to infuse these familiar forms with her own incisive social ...More

• Rebar: Kaleidoscape

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Rebar: Kaledioscape, is the new social sculpture in our large atrium space. Like the popular BAMscape by Thom Faulders, Kaleidoscape, designed by the San Francisco-based firm Rebar, is both a work of art and a piece of furniture. Come rearrange the modular pieces to create a customized environment for study, relaxation, or socializing. Rebar is known for work that challenges ...More

• Freedom of Expression, The Work of Enrique Chagoya

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Co-curated by Peter Selz and Sue Kubly. Artists Chagoya's work incorporates historic and political subject matter to cast new interpretations of Mexico's history and current political events. His work invokes elements of pre-Columbian mythology, western religious inconography, and American popular culture, to address issues of Colonial conquest and its destructive wake, the problems of the border and the legacy of ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Mourning Becomes Her

  12:00 PM - 06:00 PM   

  Sentimentality & Sorrow in Fashion 1860-1920. The image of the mourner in the nineteenth century is a pious and sorrowful woman. She, mother, wife, sister, or daughter, represented the devotion and regretful loss experienced by her family to their whole community. As the icon for bereavement, there were rules in society for women regarding how long they should be in ...More

• Our Many Cultures, exhibit

  12:00 PM - 03:00 PM   

  This show brings together artwork that depicts the many cultures we have in our Country and in the world. We have a bit of American culture with Disney the Jazz scene, and then the many cultures visited by our artists as they traveled around the world which they present in many different mediums: Paintings in acrylic,water color, and oil; ...More

• RISK: Annual Juried Exhibition

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  The Berkeley Art Center is pleased to exhibit the works of the selected artists for this year's annual juried exhibition, RISK. Works were selected from a submission pool of early250 applicants, works from 34 artists that investigate, reflect upon, evoke or are the result of risk. Opening Reception: Sat., Jun. 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm Center's Hours: Wed.-Sun. 12:00-5:00 pm. ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• Berkeley: From Farm to Urban Farming (1850-2013)

  01:00 PM - 04:00 PM   

  The exhibit highlights the farms, dairies, nurseries, and orchards that dotted Berkley's land in the early days and chronicles the continued importance of agriculture today with the community garden and urban farm movements. Through photographs, maps, objects, and first-hand accounts, it follows Berkeley's transition from a rural territory in the 19th century to a residential, educational, and manufacturing community in the 20th ...More

• Plants of the World Garden Tour

  01:30 PM   

  Explore the Garden's incredible diversity of plants from six continents, including environments as diverse as deserts, tropical forests, redwood forests, and wetlands. Each tour is a unique experience focused on plants at their seasonal best, a variety of themes, and your interests ...More

• Redwood Grove Summer Concert, Chuckybaby & the Biscuits

  05:30 PM - 07:00 PM   

  Kid Show. Our 4th Summer Concert features Chuckybaby & the Biscuits, a band of local nursery school teachers who also happen to be talented musicians. The band performs beloved and irreverent children's songs. Bring the family, a picnic and be ready for fun, giggles and great music. This show is sure to sell-out! Enjoy the fresh air, bring a picnic dinner and ...More

• The Future of Rachel Marker: A Closing Program

  05:30 PM - 07:00 PM   

  'Through the Eyes of Rachel Marker | A Literary Installation by Moira Roth'. Rachel Marker, a poet and playwright, is a witness to much of twentieth century European history, which she describes in journal entries and daily hand-written letters, many of them addressed to Franz Kafka. The narrative begins in Zurich during WWI and winds its way through the ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  08:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  08:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

Friday, June 28th, 2013

• Brower Center Juried Show 'Almost Together'

  09:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  We live in a digital age, in which video chatting with someone in another country is often easier than visiting a friend across town. At the same time, we rely on physical spaces to facilitate connection and meaning--whether through a game of basketball at the YMCA, a visit to a village market, or a movement such as Occupy. What role ...More

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Ballet of Heads: The Figure in the Collection

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Taking as its point of departure the work of Nicole Eisenman, on view in Matrix 248, Ballet of Heads brings together works from the collection that demonstrate the inexhaustible variety and texture of the human form in art. Gallery Admission: $10 General, $7 Non-UC Berkeley students, Seniors 65+, Disabled Persons, and Youths 13-17. Free admission the first Thursday of every ...More

• Deities, Demons, and Teachers of Tibet, Nepal, and India

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Joyful and sensual sculptural figures of Indian deities and dancers join radiant images of enlightened beings from Tibet and Nepal in Deities, Demons, and Teachers, which presents a rotating display of works by anonymous Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan artisans. A tenth-century sandstone figure of Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity worshipped by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists, graces the entrance to the exhibition, ...More

• Gazing Into Nature: Early Chinese Painting, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Gazing Into Nature features a selection of BAM/PFA's earliest Chinese painting. Rare and amazingly well-preserved works by early landscape and bird-and-flower painters of the late Song and early Yuan periods (13th-14th centuries), rendered on silk or paper with ink and light color, demonstrate the sophistication and accomplishment of the early Chinese painting tradition. ...More

• Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Known for his bold use of color, innovative approach to materials, and dynamic compositions, Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is perhaps most celebrated for paintings that use the rectangle as a primary motif. Loosely derived from Cubist approaches to defining form and space,Hofmann's rectangles provide pictorial structure as well as a sense of motion, atmosphere, and mood. ...More

• Matrix 248 Nicole Eisenman

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Matrix 248 showcases the work of New York-based artist Nicole Eisienman, who has been steadfastly expanding dialogues surrounding painting and drawings since the 1990s. Intermixing styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman brings history to bear in her canvases and drawings, yet twists the imagery to infuse these familiar forms with her own incisive social ...More

• Rebar: Kaleidoscape

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Rebar: Kaledioscape, is the new social sculpture in our large atrium space. Like the popular BAMscape by Thom Faulders, Kaleidoscape, designed by the San Francisco-based firm Rebar, is both a work of art and a piece of furniture. Come rearrange the modular pieces to create a customized environment for study, relaxation, or socializing. Rebar is known for work that challenges ...More

• Freedom of Expression, The Work of Enrique Chagoya

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Co-curated by Peter Selz and Sue Kubly. Artists Chagoya's work incorporates historic and political subject matter to cast new interpretations of Mexico's history and current political events. His work invokes elements of pre-Columbian mythology, western religious inconography, and American popular culture, to address issues of Colonial conquest and its destructive wake, the problems of the border and the legacy of ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Mourning Becomes Her

  12:00 PM - 06:00 PM   

  Sentimentality & Sorrow in Fashion 1860-1920. The image of the mourner in the nineteenth century is a pious and sorrowful woman. She, mother, wife, sister, or daughter, represented the devotion and regretful loss experienced by her family to their whole community. As the icon for bereavement, there were rules in society for women regarding how long they should be in ...More

• Our Many Cultures, exhibit

  12:00 PM - 03:00 PM   

  This show brings together artwork that depicts the many cultures we have in our Country and in the world. We have a bit of American culture with Disney the Jazz scene, and then the many cultures visited by our artists as they traveled around the world which they present in many different mediums: Paintings in acrylic,water color, and oil; ...More

• RISK: Annual Juried Exhibition

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  The Berkeley Art Center is pleased to exhibit the works of the selected artists for this year's annual juried exhibition, RISK. Works were selected from a submission pool of early250 applicants, works from 34 artists that investigate, reflect upon, evoke or are the result of risk. Opening Reception: Sat., Jun. 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm Center's Hours: Wed.-Sun. 12:00-5:00 pm. ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• Berkeley: From Farm to Urban Farming (1850-2013)

  01:00 PM - 04:00 PM   

  The exhibit highlights the farms, dairies, nurseries, and orchards that dotted Berkley's land in the early days and chronicles the continued importance of agriculture today with the community garden and urban farm movements. Through photographs, maps, objects, and first-hand accounts, it follows Berkeley's transition from a rural territory in the 19th century to a residential, educational, and manufacturing community in the 20th ...More

• Guided Tour - Faculty Club

  01:00 PM - 02:00 PM   

  Come for a free indoor and outdoor tour of the Club, guided by local historian Steven Finacom and members of the Club leadership. Explore this important piece of Maybeck heritage and learn about the Club’s on-going services and renovation plans. Both members and non-members are welcome to have a no-host lunch at the Club before the tour. Meet at Reception desk. ...More

• Maybeck Legacy Celebration Weekend

  07:00 PM   

  The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Assn (BAHA) will present the Bay Area premiere screening of Paul Bockhorst's new documentary, ' 'Pursuing Beauty: The Architecture of Bernard Maybeck,' at Berkeley's historic Town and Gown Club, designed by Maybeck in 1899. Paul Bockhorst is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker known for his architectural documentaries, which include 'Greene & Greene: The Art of Architecture' and ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  08:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  08:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

Saturday, June 29th, 2013

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Historical Walking Tour: Claremont-Elmwood Neighborhood Loop

  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM   

  The tour will be led by Burl Willes. This summer the de Young Museum will have an extraordinary exhibition of 100 paintings by Richard Diebenkorn, completed between 1953 and 1966, when the artist and his family lived in Berkeley. He was a loving father and husband who enjoyed living near College Avenue and his artist friends. We will ...More

• Ballet of Heads: The Figure in the Collection

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Taking as its point of departure the work of Nicole Eisenman, on view in Matrix 248, Ballet of Heads brings together works from the collection that demonstrate the inexhaustible variety and texture of the human form in art. Gallery Admission: $10 General, $7 Non-UC Berkeley students, Seniors 65+, Disabled Persons, and Youths 13-17. Free admission the first Thursday of every ...More

• Deities, Demons, and Teachers of Tibet, Nepal, and India

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Joyful and sensual sculptural figures of Indian deities and dancers join radiant images of enlightened beings from Tibet and Nepal in Deities, Demons, and Teachers, which presents a rotating display of works by anonymous Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan artisans. A tenth-century sandstone figure of Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity worshipped by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists, graces the entrance to the exhibition, ...More

• Gazing Into Nature: Early Chinese Painting, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Gazing Into Nature features a selection of BAM/PFA's earliest Chinese painting. Rare and amazingly well-preserved works by early landscape and bird-and-flower painters of the late Song and early Yuan periods (13th-14th centuries), rendered on silk or paper with ink and light color, demonstrate the sophistication and accomplishment of the early Chinese painting tradition. ...More

• Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Known for his bold use of color, innovative approach to materials, and dynamic compositions, Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is perhaps most celebrated for paintings that use the rectangle as a primary motif. Loosely derived from Cubist approaches to defining form and space,Hofmann's rectangles provide pictorial structure as well as a sense of motion, atmosphere, and mood. ...More

• Matrix 248 Nicole Eisenman

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Matrix 248 showcases the work of New York-based artist Nicole Eisienman, who has been steadfastly expanding dialogues surrounding painting and drawings since the 1990s. Intermixing styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman brings history to bear in her canvases and drawings, yet twists the imagery to infuse these familiar forms with her own incisive social ...More

• Rebar: Kaleidoscape

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Rebar: Kaledioscape, is the new social sculpture in our large atrium space. Like the popular BAMscape by Thom Faulders, Kaleidoscape, designed by the San Francisco-based firm Rebar, is both a work of art and a piece of furniture. Come rearrange the modular pieces to create a customized environment for study, relaxation, or socializing. Rebar is known for work that challenges ...More

• Freedom of Expression, The Work of Enrique Chagoya

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Co-curated by Peter Selz and Sue Kubly. Artists Chagoya's work incorporates historic and political subject matter to cast new interpretations of Mexico's history and current political events. His work invokes elements of pre-Columbian mythology, western religious inconography, and American popular culture, to address issues of Colonial conquest and its destructive wake, the problems of the border and the legacy of ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Mourning Becomes Her

  12:00 PM - 06:00 PM   

  Sentimentality & Sorrow in Fashion 1860-1920. The image of the mourner in the nineteenth century is a pious and sorrowful woman. She, mother, wife, sister, or daughter, represented the devotion and regretful loss experienced by her family to their whole community. As the icon for bereavement, there were rules in society for women regarding how long they should be in ...More

• Our Many Cultures, exhibit

  12:00 PM - 03:00 PM   

  This show brings together artwork that depicts the many cultures we have in our Country and in the world. We have a bit of American culture with Disney the Jazz scene, and then the many cultures visited by our artists as they traveled around the world which they present in many different mediums: Paintings in acrylic,water color, and oil; ...More

• RISK: Annual Juried Exhibition

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  The Berkeley Art Center is pleased to exhibit the works of the selected artists for this year's annual juried exhibition, RISK. Works were selected from a submission pool of early250 applicants, works from 34 artists that investigate, reflect upon, evoke or are the result of risk. Opening Reception: Sat., Jun. 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm Center's Hours: Wed.-Sun. 12:00-5:00 pm. ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• Berkeley: From Farm to Urban Farming (1850-2013)

  01:00 PM - 04:00 PM   

  The exhibit highlights the farms, dairies, nurseries, and orchards that dotted Berkley's land in the early days and chronicles the continued importance of agriculture today with the community garden and urban farm movements. Through photographs, maps, objects, and first-hand accounts, it follows Berkeley's transition from a rural territory in the 19th century to a residential, educational, and manufacturing community in the 20th ...More

• Plants of the World Garden Tour

  01:30 PM   

  Explore the Garden's incredible diversity of plants from six continents, including environments as diverse as deserts, tropical forests, redwood forests, and wetlands. Each tour is a unique experience focused on plants at their seasonal best, a variety of themes, and your interests ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  02:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• Maybeck's Chick House, afternoon reception

  03:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Visit Bernard Maybeck’s fabulous Guy Hyde Chick House (1914). View owner Foster Goldstrom’s extensive art collection. Meet and greet filmmaker Paul Bockhorst, Maybeck family members, Maybeck scholars, and other luminaries. Enjoy wine and delectable edibles. For information and reservations, visit the BAHA website, send an email or call. Tickets may be purchase by mail or online. ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  08:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  08:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

Sunday, June 30th, 2013

• Brower Center Juried Show 'Almost Together'

  09:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  We live in a digital age, in which video chatting with someone in another country is often easier than visiting a friend across town. At the same time, we rely on physical spaces to facilitate connection and meaning--whether through a game of basketball at the YMCA, a visit to a village market, or a movement such as Occupy. What role ...More

• Print, Print, Pass, exhibition

  09:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Print, Print Pass is the latest exhibition at Berkeley Central Arts Passage. Kala Art Institute invites you to two events in conjunction with this exhibition: the Opening Reception on Wed., May 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm and 'The Pass' on Wed., June 26th, 6:00-8:00 pm. with a slightly imploded framework, Print, Print, Pass highlights the physical and social economies of the print ...More

• Ballet of Heads: The Figure in the Collection

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Taking as its point of departure the work of Nicole Eisenman, on view in Matrix 248, Ballet of Heads brings together works from the collection that demonstrate the inexhaustible variety and texture of the human form in art. Gallery Admission: $10 General, $7 Non-UC Berkeley students, Seniors 65+, Disabled Persons, and Youths 13-17. Free admission the first Thursday of every ...More

• Deities, Demons, and Teachers of Tibet, Nepal, and India

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Joyful and sensual sculptural figures of Indian deities and dancers join radiant images of enlightened beings from Tibet and Nepal in Deities, Demons, and Teachers, which presents a rotating display of works by anonymous Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan artisans. A tenth-century sandstone figure of Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity worshipped by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists, graces the entrance to the exhibition, ...More

• Gazing Into Nature: Early Chinese Painting, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Gazing Into Nature features a selection of BAM/PFA's earliest Chinese painting. Rare and amazingly well-preserved works by early landscape and bird-and-flower painters of the late Song and early Yuan periods (13th-14th centuries), rendered on silk or paper with ink and light color, demonstrate the sophistication and accomplishment of the early Chinese painting tradition. ...More

• Hans Hofmann: Rectangles, exhibition

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Known for his bold use of color, innovative approach to materials, and dynamic compositions, Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is perhaps most celebrated for paintings that use the rectangle as a primary motif. Loosely derived from Cubist approaches to defining form and space,Hofmann's rectangles provide pictorial structure as well as a sense of motion, atmosphere, and mood. ...More

• Matrix 248 Nicole Eisenman

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Matrix 248 showcases the work of New York-based artist Nicole Eisienman, who has been steadfastly expanding dialogues surrounding painting and drawings since the 1990s. Intermixing styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman brings history to bear in her canvases and drawings, yet twists the imagery to infuse these familiar forms with her own incisive social ...More

• Rebar: Kaleidoscape

  11:00 AM - 05:00 PM   

  Rebar: Kaledioscape, is the new social sculpture in our large atrium space. Like the popular BAMscape by Thom Faulders, Kaleidoscape, designed by the San Francisco-based firm Rebar, is both a work of art and a piece of furniture. Come rearrange the modular pieces to create a customized environment for study, relaxation, or socializing. Rebar is known for work that challenges ...More

• Sundays on Telegraph

  11:00 AM - 06:00 PM   

  Telegraph Ave.will be closed to cars but open to restaurant seating, music,street vendors, and more. come enjoy the beautiful weather, food, crafts, and everything else that Telegraph has to offer. Music Line Up: 06/16 Spirit of '29 (Dixieland Jazz); 06/23 Indonesion Gamelon; 06/30 Mike Sweetland (Jazz); 907/07 Lisa Graciano (World Music); 07/14 Craig Browning (Jazz); 07/21 Indonesian Gamelon; 07/28 Richard Greig ...More

• Journey to a Mysterius Truth, photography exhibit

  12:00 PM - 08:00 PM   

  Minoosh (Raheleh) Zomorodinia's exhibits a series of photographs of haunting and evocative images exploring the relationship between the self and its environment. She uses the human form as a metaphor of our presence in physical spaces, expressing our unconscious passages through layers of mysterious truths. In conjunction with this exhibition Zomorodinia will present a side lecture on Environmental Art in Iran ...More

• Our Many Cultures, exhibit

  12:00 PM - 03:00 PM   

  This show brings together artwork that depicts the many cultures we have in our Country and in the world. We have a bit of American culture with Disney the Jazz scene, and then the many cultures visited by our artists as they traveled around the world which they present in many different mediums: Paintings in acrylic,water color, and oil; ...More

• RISK: Annual Juried Exhibition

  12:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  The Berkeley Art Center is pleased to exhibit the works of the selected artists for this year's annual juried exhibition, RISK. Works were selected from a submission pool of early250 applicants, works from 34 artists that investigate, reflect upon, evoke or are the result of risk. Opening Reception: Sat., Jun. 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm Center's Hours: Wed.-Sun. 12:00-5:00 pm. ...More

• Science On a Sphere (SOS)

  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM   

  SOS creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them dynamically on a six-foot-diameter globe. Visitors can watch the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth's oceans and landmasses, nigh lights around the globe that reveal our planet's most densely populated areas, and more. Science On a Sphere was developed by Researchers ...More

• Maybeck's First Church vicinity, guided walking tour

  01:30 PM - 02:30 PM   

  BAHA board member and local historian Steven Finacom will lead a walking tour through the Southside neighborhood surrounding the First Church of Christ, Scientist—Berkeley’s only National Historic Landmark, designed by Bernard Maybeck in 1910. Learn about other buildings—both notable and humble—in the vicinity, and how they contribute to the historic context and streetside fabric. Meet on the corner in front of the church. ...More

• Plants of the World Garden Tour

  01:30 PM   

  Explore the Garden's incredible diversity of plants from six continents, including environments as diverse as deserts, tropical forests, redwood forests, and wetlands. Each tour is a unique experience focused on plants at their seasonal best, a variety of themes, and your interests ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  02:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  02:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More

• Maybeck's First Church of Christ, Scientist, Open House

  03:00 PM - 05:00 PM   

  Friends of First Church will host this event, featuring: Organ interlude; Maybeck's work on designing Principia college (a talk by John Guenther, FAIA); Maybeck family members and mementos; display of Maybeck's Principia work; Maybeck's architectural plans and sketches from church archives; Picture gallery with dramatic 3D digital scans of the Church. Reception in the Fireplace Room. ...More

• Dear Elizabeth (West Coast Premiere)

  07:00 PM   

  Written by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Arranged by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Les Waters. Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Across oceans and continents, across three decades, these esteemed poets found a true marriage of minds in their eloquent correspondence. Dubbed the Dickinson and Whitman of the 20th century, they traded hundreds ...More

• This Is How It Goes

  07:00 PM   

  Directed by Artistic Director Tom Ross. Belinda and Cody Phipps appear to be typical Mid-western couple. Typical, except that Cody is one of the few black faces in a small white town. When a white, male high school acquaintance returns to town and rents the room over their garage, he upsets the fragile balance of Belinda and Cody's relationship. As ...More