Cultural Education

Stay & Play Bilingual Concert with Aguacate Music Kids @West

West Branch and North Branch of Berkeley Public Library Present

A very special Stay & Play bilingual concert with the fabulous Aguacate Music Kids!

Join us at George Florence Park on the afternoon of April 25!

¡Venga al Parque George Florence y disfrute de nuestro concierto musical infantil!

 

WHEN / CUANDO

Thursday, April 25 @ 4:00 PM
Jueves 25 de abril a las 4:00 PM
 

WHERE / DONDE

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SF Chamber Orchestra Very First Concerts @Central CCR

"Meet the Brass"


Instruments are really just tubes, sticks, blocks and strings….and it’s all vibration. The SFCO All-Star Brass Quintet makes lots of funny sounds and then shows how we turn it into music!


Very First Concerts, a classical series designed with the youngest listeners in mind. Each interactive, 20 minute concert features a central theme, short selections, and hands-on musical activities geared toward families with young children.

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Berkeley Repertory Theater Docent Talk : Mother Road

 

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.

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Berkeley Repertory Theater Docent Talk : Galileo

 

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.

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Berkeley Repertory Theater Docent Talk : The Far Country

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.

 

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African American Culinary Traditions @North

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??

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A Look at Photography Today @West

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.

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All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black @Central

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.

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