Join artist @SusanDemingFlower and learn how to make pop-up cards! All supplies are provided and participants will take home cards they make in this hands-on workshop.
To register for the event:
https://tinyurl.com/claremontpopupcards
For information about the event, please call Claremont Branch: (510) 981-6280.
Special thanks to the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library for sponsoring this event.
The Beasts Come Out at Night
Join us for a fun family STEAM event all about nocturnal creatures and the things that go bump in the night.
Edythe (Edy) Boone born 1938, is an African-American artist and activist. She has worked as a muralist, counselor, and art teacher throughout her life in an under-served area in California. Boone is well known for the many murals she has painted. She started with her painted murals on each floor of a building in Harlem, New York and her work has expanded through the years to one of her most notable projects, designing and painting the Women's Building mural in San Francisco, California.
Decoding Chinese Opera: Hello, My Concubine
Chinese opera draws on history, legend, and romance for its stories. The famous play Farewell, My Concubine combines all three and has inspired other art for two thousand years.
Decoding Chinese Opera Part Two : Appreciating Beauty
Classical Chinese drama, or opera, can be challenging for the uninitiated. This standalone companion to Part 1 looks at what makes Chinese theater mei (beautiful). We’ll see how the characteristic charms of opera relate to Disney animation, drag, and Las Vegas-style stage magic. We’ll conclude by watching comic and musical excerpts from the masterpiece Peony Pavilion.
Asheba is a musical storyteller specializing in Calypso, the musical and folkloric oral tradition of Trinidad, Asheba's homeland. Hope and happiness are the focus of his songs which range from original children's music to classic children's tunes with a Caribbean twist!
Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library
Join us for a Peace Day Commemoration on the lawn of North Branch Library. Listen to beautiful koto music by Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto, learn how to fold an origami crane, and hear about the story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who lived through the bombing of Hiroshima, but died years later from the effects of the atomic bomb. She was made famous for folding 1,000 origami cranes in the hopes that her wish to survive would be granted.
Ages 8 and up and families are welcome.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library