Performing Arts

Plays, concerts
Plays, concerts

Summer Reading Celebration @Central

Start your summer with a celebration of summer reading!

1:30-3:30PM
Library plaza outside front doors
Sign up for Summer Reading and get your free book!
Get a Gelato Bar from Gelateria Naia (while supplies last)
Enjoy music with DJ Ivan

2:00-4:00PM
Performances and Arts/Crafts on the 4th Floor
2:00PM Bri Reads and Friends
2:30PM RISE Danza - Cuauhtli Mitotiani Mexica
3:30PM Story Time Band

Teen poetry craft and giveaways in 1st Floor Teen Room

 

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Author Talk: James Spooner and Special Guests @924 Gilman

Join us for a very special Library event with award-winning graphic novelist and filmmaker, James Spooner, in conversation at Berkeley’s iconic 924 Gilman Street (Alternative Music Foundation). He will discuss his 2022 graphic novel, The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere., a formative coming-of-age graphic memoir.

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Asheba - Caribbean Music for Children @Claremont

Come dance and sing along with the upbeat, joyful music of Asheba! Asheba is a musical storyteller who specializes in children's music and calypso, the music and folkloric tradition of Trinidad, Asheba's homeland. Hope and happiness are the focus of his songs, which range from original melodies to classic children's music with a Caribbean twist! 

Ages 0-6. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library

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Loud in the Library: Queeraoke @West

Join us for an evening of music, laughter, and self-expression at Loud in the Library: Queeraoke! Get ready to share your inner diva and embrace the spotlight as we bring the joy of karaoke to the library. This lively event will be hosted by Jota Mercury, an international award winning drag performer who uses drag to challenge machismo as we know it.

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Loud in the Library: Queeraoke @West

Join us for an evening of music, laughter, and self-expression at Loud in the Library: Queeraoke! Get ready to share your inner diva and embrace the spotlight as we bring the joy of karaoke to the library. This lively event will be hosted by Jota Mercury, an international award winning drag performer who uses drag to challenge machismo as we know it.

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Cal VSA Lion Dance and Fei Tian Dancers @North

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month coming in May!

Please join us on Saturday, April 29 at 11am on the North Branch lawn for performances by Cal VSA Lion Dance and by Fei Tian Dancers. All ages are welcome to this program.

 

 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

11:00am - 11:15am > Cal VSA Lion Dance

11:15am - 11:45am > Fei Tian Dancers

Sponsored by Friends of the Berkeley Public Library

About Cal VSA Lion Dance

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