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Contact: Debbie Carton
510-981-6139

IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For an event occurring Monday, April 15, 2013

Max Frisch and The Arsonists:
Aurora Theatre Company discussion at Berkeley Public Library

The Berkeley Public Library welcomes back Aurora Theatre Company for “Max Frisch and Remembering to Be A Citizen”, on Monday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, in the 3rd floor Community Meeting Room.

Join Michael Mansfield (Education Director, Aurora Theatre Company and Faculty Lecturer, UC Berkeley, Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies) for an interactive discussion celebrating Swiss playwright Max Frisch and his 1958 classic The Arsonists. Timeless topics of politics, silence, evil, class warfare, and the inability to act invite us to adjust our moral compass and conscience, whether it’s 1948 during the Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia, 1953 in a radio-play called Mr. Biedermann and the Arsonists, 1958 in a play called The Arsonists, or 2013 as we reflect on our world and our lives today. An evening to celebrate words, this free program is presented in conjunction with Aurora Theatre Company’s freshly mounted production of Bay Area Writer-Director Mark Jackson’s The Arsonists in a rousing translation by Alistair Beaton.

For more information about The Arsonists at Aurora Theatre Company, visit the website: www.auroratheatre.org.

This free event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library (www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org). For more information, call 510-981-6139 or visit www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org.

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For immediate release
December 5, 2012

Contact: Debbie Carton (Ph: 510-981-6139)

SF Shakespeare presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
at Central Library

Berkeley Public Library welcomes the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival as they present the touring company’s presentation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Saturday, January 26, 2013, 2 p. m. at the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck). The free performance will take place in the library’s third floor Community Meeting Room.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is perhaps the most popular of Shakespeare’s comedies.  With impetuous lovers, quarreling fairies and the sheer slapstick energy of the Mechanicals’ play within a play, there’s something for everyone.  The 55 minute touring production presents a cast of professional actors in costume, with set, props, and recorded music.  After the play, the cast will meet with the audience for a question and answer session.

For questions regarding this program, call 510-981-6139.  This program is sponsored by Friends of the Berkeley Public Library (www.berkeley.library/friends.org).  For accessibility information, call 510-981-6107, TTY (510) 528-1240, http://berkeleypubliclibrary.org.

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For immediate release:
October 16, 2012

Contact: Debbie Carton (Ph: 510-981-6236)

Thornton Wilder and Wilder Times at Berkeley Public Library

Aurora Theatre Company joins Berkeley Public Library for an evening to celebrate Thornton Wilder, his writing, and his time in our city. This free program takes place on Monday, November 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck), in the 3rd floor Community Meeting Room.

After graduating from Berkeley High School, Wilder mastered the dramatic form, won 3 Pulitzer Prizes, and left his mark on the pages of 20th century American theater history forever.  The Aurora’s Education Director Michael Mansfield will present a one-hour interactive discussion, in conjunction with the company’s never-before-done production of 4 Wilder one-act plays – Wilder Times.

For questions regarding this program, call 510-981-6241.  This program is sponsored by Friends of the Berkeley Public Library (www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org).  For accessibility information, call 510-981-6195, TTY (510) 528-1240, http://berkeleypubliclibrary.org.

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For Immediate Release
For an exhibit November 5^th – February 3^rd
ART EXHIBITION

Contact: Michele McKenzie — phone: 510-981-6240

The Art of Fumiyo Yoshikawa
A Place Where Memories and Thoughts are Shared

Bay Area artist, Fumiyo Yoshikawa, exhibits sumi-e and nihonga paintings in the Berkeley Public Library Central Catalog Lobby, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, downtown Berkeley, from November 5^th through February 3^rd.  A native of Japan, Yoshikawa uses traditional nihonga and sumi-e Japanese methods of ink painting originating in China with a spiritual basis in Zen Buddhism.  This form of expressing nature’s colors through shades of black ink has been popular in China, Korea and Japan for many centuries.  Yoshikawa continues to explore these traditional techniques in her contemporary abstract and figurative paintings on display in the exhibition.  She has exhibited extensively throughout Japan, Colorado and the Bay Area.  Yoshikawa has demonstrated the nihonga technique at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and is currently teaching sumi-e brush and watercolor painting at the Albany Community Center.  Access to the exhibit is available during the library’s open hours: Monday 12:00 – 8:00; Tuesday 10:00- 8:00; Wednesday – Saturday, 10:00 – 6:00; Sunday 1:00 – 5:00.

All are invited to meet Fumiyo Yoshikawa and discuss her work during a FREE artist’s reception on Sunday afternoon, November 11^th, at 2:00 pm in Berkeley Public Library’s Central Catalog Lobby.

Wheelchair accessible.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Library (www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org).  For more information, call 510-981-6100 or connect  www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org

Yume no Kakera 5. 2011, 12x29, Sumi-ink on paper, mounted on painted paper

Manazashi 2. 2011, 24x24, Sumi-ink, nihonga pigments on canvas.

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