Lectures & Literature
Michael DeForge launches Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero
Pegasus Bookstore Downtown 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJoin Michael DeForge for a live reading and book signing as he introduces the world to Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero. Sticks has escaped her heritage for the refuge of the woods and through her story, DeForge delivers another deeply humane work, one that subtly questions the integrity of the political state and contemporary journalism, all…
Writer’s Workshop and Reading with Sandra Hunter, Garret Groenveld, Barbara Ann Yoder
Pegasus Bookstore Downtown 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesAuthors Sandra Hunter, Garret Groenveld, and Barbara Ann Yoder present a writers workshop and reading at Pegasus Books Downtown. More Info
Bay Area Book Festival
Downtown Berkeley 2160 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe San Francisco Bay Area is a legendary literary mecca and the global capital of innovation. It's the perfect home for a world-class international book festival celebrating the past, present, and future of the book. Join us at the next Bay Area Book Festival, June 3-4, 2017 in Berkeley, California! More info
Martin Wong: Human Instamatic at BAMPFA
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMartin Wong: Human Instamatic BAMPFA September 20–December 10, 2017 This exhibition surveys the career of Chinese American painter Martin Wong (1946–1999), from his early years painting street portraits in Northern California—where he dubbed himself the “Human Instamatic”—to his role in New York’s gritty downtown art scene in the 1970s and 1980s and his late work…
Sam J. Miller discusses YA novel The Art of Starving at Pegasus Books, Downtown Berkeley
Berkeley, United StatesSam J. Miller discusses his debut YA novel 'The Art of Starving' -- a darkly funny, moving story of body image, addiction, friendship, and love. With local favorite Ananda Esteva reading a sneak preview of 'The Wanderings of Chela Coatlicue.' About The Art of Starving The Art of Starving tells the tale of Matt, a bullied gay…
26th Annual Berkeley Video and Film Festival 2017
East Bay Media Center 1939 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesIn their 26th year, the East Bay Media Center is back at it for their Annual Berkeley Video and Film Festival from Oct 27-29 & Nov 3-5. Offering the Downtown Berkeley community a plethora of talent via screening documentaries, features, shorts, animations, music videos, experimental films, USC Film School shorts and more! For the Film Schedule and…
26th Annual Berkeley Video and Film Festival 2017
East Bay Media Center 1939 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesIn their 26th year, the East Bay Media Center is back at it for their Annual Berkeley Video and Film Festival from Oct 27-29 & Nov 3-5. Offering the Downtown Berkeley community a plethora of talent via screening documentaries, features, shorts, animations, music videos, experimental films, USC Film School shorts and more! For the Film Schedule and…
Free Screening of “Dhamma Brothers” hosted by Mangalam Center
Mangalam Center 2018 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJoin the Mangalam Center of Downtown Berkeley as they kick off the Dharma & Film series on Friday, December 8th, from 6-8pm! They will show Dhamma Brothers, a 2007 film, which the NY Times called a "thinking-head documentary about finding answers within for those who can't get out." Following the film, Mangalam will have a dialogue with special guests, Enrique Collazo and Devon…
Saving Mes Annak at Mangalam Center
Magalam Center 2018 Allston Way, Berkeley, CASaving Mes Annak at Magalam Center Magalam Center 2018 Allston Way Head to the Mangalam Center on Allston St. for an evening of film & discussion about reclaiming lost cultural identity. Register here: MangalamCenter.com/events
The Nature of Music: Bill Fontana
David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe Nature of Music: Bill Fontana David Brower Center & Other Minds February 15th; 7-9PM The David Brower Center & Other Minds are pleased to present internationally-renowned sound artist Bill Fontana for the first installment of our 2018 The Nature of Music series. Since the early 1970’s Fontana has used sound as a sculptural medium to interact with and transform our perceptions of visual…