It's time for Lucha Libre Storytime with real-life luchadores at West Branch.
Mexican wrestler El Mago will be present with special guest wrestlers. Watch as they share their best wrestling moves!
Wrestlers appear courtesy of Oasis Pro Wrestling.
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In collaboration with the Berkeley Repetory Theatre, the library will be hosting docent talks for the 2023-2024 Season. Come to these talks to learn more about each show and the exciting season at Berkeley Rep!
In a reversal of the Joads' mythic journey, William and Martín embark on a road trip from California's migrant farm camps back to Oklahoma, where they reckon with their brutal pasts and forge an unlikely bond. Along their journey on the Mother Road, they gather a chorus of travelers.
In collaboration with the Berkeley Repetory Theatre, the library will be hosting docent talks for the 2023-2024 Season. Come to these talks to learn more about each show and the exciting season at Berkeley Rep!
When maverick scientist Galileo Galilei makes celestial observations that challenge humanity's understanding of its place in the universe, he's summoned to Rome to defend his discoveries before the most powerful religious institution in the world, which is facing a rebellion of its own.
In collaboration with the Berkeley Repetory Theatre, the library will be hosting docent talks for the 2023-2024 Season. Come to these talks to learn more about each show and the exciting season at Berkeley Rep!
The Far Country covers the period of Chinese immigration through Angel Island, San Francisco, during the years 1909 through 1930.
Love gumbo? Join Dontaye Ball, chef and owner of Gumbo Social, and local food content creator Kahja Elliott at North Branch for a cooking demonstration on Tuesday, February 6th at 6 pm!
Black History Month is an amazing time to learn about the global influence of the Black diaspora on some of our favorite foods. Plus, who doesn't love a hot bowl of delicious gumbo??
Now that everyone has a smartphone, and millions of (mostly forgettable) images are posted daily, can photography still challenge, engage, delight, and unsettle us? How have visual artists used photography to participate in the postmodern redefinition of art as social engagement and cultural critique? Learn about three contemporary photographers—Vik Muniz, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Zanele Muholi—whose work involves new materials, new processes, and new subjects.
Join us at the Berkeley Public Library’s Central Library 5th Floor for All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black, a humorous, highly immersive, and historically accurate talk that uncovers the African-American roots of popular music genres that appear to be free of African-Americans. Utilizing a rich audiovisual presentation, Mark Montgomery French reveals the sonic secrets behind African-Americans’ cultural invisibility within the musical categories they helped define.
Transition Berkeley will begin hosting a monthly Skill & Idea Share event on every second Tuesday of the month from 6pm to 7:30pm.
Come join your neighbors in connecting, learning and resource sharing! Bring some extra garden harvest/clothes/books/tools you no longer need, a dish or beverage to share, or just your interest in building a resilient community. All are welcome!
Tentative Schedule:
Mystery room:
2:00pm Bilingual Mandarin Storytime w/ Tianxin (Aries) Wang & Kato
2:30pm Cal Fei Tian Dancers
3:00pm Cal VSA Lion Dancers
3:30pm Leung’s White Crane Lion Dancers
4:00pm SF Guzheng Music Society
Historic lobby next to mystery room:
2-3:30pm Paper lantern and dragon crafts
4:00pm Polymer Clay Food craft w/ Eugenia Yoh