Encore Added by Popular Demand! book by James Goldman music and lyrics by Stephan Sondheim directed by Dominic Cooke New York, 1971. There's a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing […]
In this brilliant essay collection, Jane Anne Staw invites the reader to journey with her as she discovers how to shift her gaze to small--and finds her way out of feelings of overwhelm and anxiety. Through example, Small teaches us how to see and connect to what is best in life, at a time when philosophers and […]
Live music of Jenna Rolf! Come out and enjoy food and drink and some great music by Jenna Mammina-Rolf Sturm http://www.jenna-rolf.com/
Available month at Urban Remedy on the 1st Saturday of the month: 12-3pm
Widely considered Britain's most popular artist, David Hockney is a global sensation with exhibitions in London, New York, Paris and beyond, attracting millions of visitors worldwide. Featuring intimate and in-depth interviews with Hockney, this revealing film focuses on two blockbuster exhibitions held in 2012 and 2016 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. […]
Come join the Poetry Circle, as we take turns sharing poetry in a reading circle.
Q&A with Directors Kate McIntyre Clere and Mick McIntyre along with Lauren Ornelas (Food is Power) and Jennifer Fearing (Fearless Advocacy)! This groundbreaking film reveals the truth surrounding Australia's love-hate relationship with its beloved icon. The kangaroo image is proudly used by top companies, sports teams and as tourist souvenirs, yet when they hop across the […]
The Claremont Branch of the Berkeley Public Library will host the Yee’s Martial Arts—Chinese New Year Lion Dance. All ages welcome.
The symmetrical, exuberant heart is everywhere: it gives shape to candy, pendants, the frothy milk on top of a cappuccino, and much else. How can we explain the ubiquity of what might be the most recognizable symbol in the world? In The Amorous Heart, Yalom tracks the heart metaphor and heart iconography across two thousand […]
Oliver James' Launch party for Birds of Berkeley, James's charming, full-color field guide to 25 birds easily found in Berkeley. Sunday February 11th at 2pm at Mrs. Dalloway's "More than an identification guide. It takes us beyond the who’s who to why we care. Learn how to think about birds in a way that will […]
Indie Lens Pop-Up Free Showing! Wed, Feb 14 7pm Tell Them We Are Rising explores the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played over the course of 150 years in American history, culture, and identity. This film reveals the rich history of HBCUs and the power of higher education to transform lives […]
Wed, Feb 21 7pm The passionately-charged "The Lady of the Camellias" starring prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova.
To reserve your seat, please purchase a copy of The Less Is More Garden by talking to one of our booksellers (510) 704-8222 or placing an order via our online store. Small space, big solutions. When it comes to gardens, bigger isn’t always better. A larger space requires more plants, more furniture, more maintenance, and more time. […]
On November 29, 2002, one year after the passing of George Harrison, Olivia Harrison and longtime friend Eric Clapton organized a performance tribute in his honor. Held at London's Royal Albert Hall, the momentous evening featured George's songs, and music he loved, performed by a lineup that included Clapton, Joe Brown, Dhani Harrison, Jools Holland, […]
Come out to Nabolom Bakery and hear some great music on Thursday and Friday (3/1 & 3/2) from 4:30-5:30pm.
Feb 27, Mar 1, 6 & 8 7pm By Tennessee Williams Directed by Benedict Andrews starring Sienna Miller & Jack O'Connell ★★★★ "Sienna Miller and Jack O'Connell get to a raw and naked truth." Metro ★★★★ "A brilliant, lacerating account of the play...unforgettable." Independent ★★★★ "A bold reimagining. Innovative and powerfully acted. " Sunday Times Tennessee […]
"Raeff writes with vivid assurance about Berlin, America, and Morocco, about men and women, about love and work. As the boundaries between characters shift, as past and present converge, Winter Kept Us Warm casts a dazzling spell. A wonderful novel."--Margot Livesey, author of Mercury and Criminals
Come out to Nabolom Bakery and hear some great music on Friday (3/2) from 5-6:30 Album release with Alex Catchings.
Available month at Urban Remedy on the 1st Saturday of the month: 12-3pm
Calling all Treehouse Series fans! Join bestselling author Andy Griffiths as he presents the newest release in his award-winning series, The 78-Story Treehouse. Andy’s hilarious and highly interactive presentation will have your kids (and you!) in stitches. This free event is best for 5—10 year olds, but all ages are welcome. Buy your book at the theater, […]
In the diverse stories of Beautiful Days, Joyce Carol Oates explores the most secret, intimate, and unacknowledged interior lives of characters not unlike ourselves, who assert their independence in acts of bold and often irrevocable defiance. "Fleuve Bleu" exemplifies the rich sensuousness of Oates's prose as lovers married to other persons vow to establish, in their intimacy, […]
Indie Lens Pop-Up Free Showing! Wed, Mar 7 7pm With intimate and unprecedented access, Peter Bratt's Dolores tells the story of Dolores Huerta, among the most important, yet least-known, activists in American history. Co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, she tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of […]
Thursday, March 8th at 6:00p --Lawyers in the Library –free legal referrals. Sign-ups start at 5:00p.m. for a spot with our visiting lawyer. Names will be pulled at random at 6:00p.m. for appointment times. Call 510-981-6280 for more information
The Poetry Circle at the Claremont Branch of the Berkeley Public Library features you and what you like. Come with a favorite poem — or find one here! If you write poetry, share one of your own, too. We will be taking turns in a reading circle.
Join Eth Noh Tec for kinetic storytelling for all ages. Asia FantAsia does folk tales and myths from Korea, China, Japan, Tibet, Afghanistan, and other Asian cultures. Join us as Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo of Eth-Noh-Tec takes us on a playful adventure of the imagination with precision choreography and lyrical word-weaving. Ages 5 and up.
Saturday, March 3rd, 10th and 17 at 10:30am- Family Yoga on three consecutive Saturdays with Angela Madonia Family yoga is a place for kids to be kids. Kids and their adults make animal sounds, we jump, we stretch, we experiment with breath. Tips for incorporating yoga and mindfulness into daily life with kids is shared throughout. Siblings […]
March 13, 15, 20 & 22 7pm By William Shakespeare Directed by Lyndsey Turner Starring Benedict Cumberbatch "This is a Hamlet for a world on the edge: a warning from history, and a plea for new ideas from a new generation." Variety "Benedict Cumberbatch is a blazing five-star Hamlet." Daily Telegraph Academy Award nominee Benedict […]
Wed, Mar 14 1 & 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Ratmansky's explosive and energetic Revolutionary-era revival of Vasily Vainonen's "The Flames of Paris" ignites the Bolshoi's stage.
Peggy Orenstein The author of Girls & Sex and Cinderella Ate My Daughter delivers her first ever collection of essays--funny, poignant, deeply personal and sharply observed pieces, drawn from three decades of writing, which trace girls' and women's progress (or lack thereof) in what Orenstein once called a "half-changed world."
Adult Story Time presents Carson McCullers' short story, "A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud". An earnest young boy and a tired traveler engage in a poignant dialogue about the science of love. We'll perform every word of McCullers' text. After the performance, stay for refreshments and a discussion of the story, genre and author. Would […]
Wed, Mar 21 1 & 7pm & Wed, Apr 18 4pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Presenting one of the most talked-about exhibitions of the year, dedicated to the portrait work of Paul Cezanne, which opens in Paris before traveling to London and Washington. Featuring interviews with curators and experts from the National Portrait Gallery London, MoMA […]
"A beautiful, richly textured novel, ambitious and delicately crafted."-- Rabih Alameddine In this spellbinding novel, a young man journeys from California to Cairo to unravel centuries-old family secrets. Joseph, a literature student at Berkeley, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep, pulling […]
Mar 27, 29, Apr 3 & 5 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Nicholas Hytner directs a new take on the Shakespeare classic Ben Whishaw (The Danish Girl, Skyfall, Hamlet) and Michelle Fairley (Fortitude, Game of Thrones) play Brutus and Cassius, David Calder (The Lost City of Z, The Hatton Garden Job) plays Caesar and David […]
Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, who rallied support and triggered an […]
Caren Yglesias presents Desert Gardens of Steve Martino. To reserve your seat, purchase a copy of Desert Gardens of Steve Martino in advance by speaking to one of our booksellers or ordering from our website. Friday, April 20, 2018 - 7:30pm This survey of twenty-one gardens by Steve Martino, whose work blends colorful, man-made elements with native plants […]
Join us at Donato & Co. to celebrate Easter with an Italian-style feast. We'll be serving Easter menu for brunch and dinner, in addition to our regular menu. Reservations are suggested. Call (510) 838-1131 www.donatoandco.com 2635 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley
Wed, Apr 4 1 & 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE There are two ways Nazism put its hands on art: attempting to destroy every trace of the so-called "Degenerate Art" and implementing a systematic looting of classic and modern artworks. In 1937 the Nazi regime held two exhibitions in Munich: one to stigmatize the "Degenerate […]
5/3: Winemaker Event at Vintage Berkeley: CA winemaker Ryan Stirm, of Stirm Wine Co., in the house!
Wed, Apr 4 1 & 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE There are two ways Nazism put its hands on art: attempting to destroy every trace of the so-called "Degenerate Art" and implementing a systematic looting of classic and modern artworks. In 1937 the Nazi regime held two exhibitions in Munich: one to stigmatize the "Degenerate […]
Thursday, April 5th at 1pm- SF Opera Guild presents Sing a story: La Cenerentola Professional singer-educators give kids ages 7-10 a singing lesson and perform the musical telling of an opera story, and then out come the costumes and a chance for kids and the audience to sing a story as well! Space is limited and […]
Apr 3 & 5 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Nicholas Hytner directs a new take on the Shakespeare classic Ben Whishaw (The Danish Girl, Skyfall, Hamlet) and Michelle Fairley (Fortitude, Game of Thrones) play Brutus and Cassius, David Calder (The Lost City of Z, The Hatton Garden Job) plays Caesar and David Morrissey (The Missing, […]
Come celebrate National Library Week and explore the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Meet scientists and representatives from science organizations, try out hands-on activities, and enjoy presentations. Everyone welcome!
Indie Lens Pop-Up Free Showing! Wed, Apr 11 7pm LOOK & SEE revolves around the divergent stories of several residents of Henry County, Kentucky who each face difficult choices that will dramatically reshape their relationship with the land and their community. In 1965, Wendell Berry returned home to Henry County, where he bought a small […]
Wed, April 11 1 & 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE A chilling, yet luminous performance of one of history's most beloved ballets.
Sign-ups start at 5:00p.m. for a spot with our visiting lawyer. Names will be pulled at random at 6:00p.m. for appointment times. Call 510-981-6280 for more information
The Poetry Circle at the Claremont Branch of the Berkeley Public Library features you and what you like. Come with a favorite poem — or find one here! If you write poetry, share one of your own, too. We will be taking turns in a reading circle.
For Young Adults: Elizabeth Partridge Launch for Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam. Sunday, April 15, 2018 - 3:00pm
May 15, 17, 22 & 24 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE By William Shakespeare Directed by Rufus Norris Shakespeare's most intense and terrifying tragedy, directed by Rufus Norris (The Threepenny Opera, London Road), will see Rory Kinnear (Young Marx, Othello) and Anne-Marie Duff (Oil, Suffragette) return to the National Theatre to play Macbeth and Lady […]
Wed, Apr 18 4pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Presenting one of the most talked-about exhibitions of the year, dedicated to the portrait work of Paul Cezanne, which opens in Paris before traveling to London and Washington. Featuring interviews with curators and experts from the National Portrait Gallery London, MoMA New York, National Gallery of Art […]
To reserve your seat, purchase a copy of To Die But Once by calling the store (510) 704-8222 and speaking to one of our booksellers. During the months following Britain's declaration of war on Germany, Maisie Dobbs investigates the disappearance of a young apprentice working on a hush-hush government contract. As news of the plight of […]
To reserve your seat, purchase a copy of Desert Gardens of Steve Martino in advance by speaking to one of our booksellers or ordering from our website. This survey of twenty-one gardens by Steve Martino, whose work blends colorful, man-made elements with native plants to reflect the sun-drenched beauty of the desert, is sure to inspire […]
Grow What You Love is designed to be a simple guide to growing vegetables, herbs and more that will add to the flavor and variety of fresh produce choices throughout the year. Aimed at novice and experienced gardeners alike, it will be an image-driven, how-to adventure from an expert gardener and communicator with an enthusiasm […]
Winemaker Event - Clos de Trias, from Ventoux, France
Local Expert Panel Discussion on Reducing Food Waste in Our Community! Paneleist include Anne-Marie Bonneau - Chef/Blogger (Zero-Waste Chef), Dana Frasz - Founder & Director (Food Shift), Kathryn Larrowe - MPH (Food Recovery Program Coordinator) and Martin Bourque- Executive Director (Ecology Center) WASTED! THE STORY OF FOOD WASTE aims to change the way people buy, […]
Showing both the drama of familial intimacy and the ups and downs of the everyday, My Old Faithful introduces readers to a close-knit Chinese family. These ten interconnected short stories, which take place in China and the United States over a thirty-year period, merge to paint a nuanced portrait of family life, full of pain, […]
4/27: Winemaker Event at Vintage Berkeley: CA winemaker Nathan Kandler, of Precedent Wines, in the house!
Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Every store is unique and independent, and every party is different. But in addition to authors, live music, cupcakes, scavenger hunts, kids events, art tables, readings, barbecues, contests, and other fun stuff, […]
Georgeanne Brennan presents Windows on Provence: Musings on the Food, Wine, and Culture of the South of France, a book for travelers, for dreamers, for Francophiles, for lovers of Provencalcraft and cuisine, and for anyone who wants to be a part of something beautiful and special. To reserve your seat, purchase a copy of Windows on Provence by speaking to […]
Enjoy a leisurely Sunday afternoon stroll in The Elmwood and sample over 70 wines! Buy Tickets Online at www.ShopTheElmwood.com for a discount price of $25. If we do not sell out, cash-only tickets will be available for $35 on April 29 at the ticket table on the lawn next to Wells Fargo Bank on Ashby Ave. […]
This is a Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators event, and it is open to the public. All writers are welcome! To reserve your seat, buy a ticket. We may crave order and predictability in our lives, but in stories and poetry, humans of all ages thrive on surprise. In fact, an area of our […]
Where: Donato & Co., 2635 Ashby Ave. When: through May 15 In cooperation with the Montefalco Consortium in Italy, Donato & Co. is offering a special Steak & Sagrantino pairing through May 15. Sagrantino is a grape varietal native to Umbria, Italy. It's a little-known, small-production wine that's grown mostly in the scenic hills of Montefalco. This rich, high-tannin wine is hard to find in the […]
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - 6:00pm Rebound is a coming-of-age novel written in verse about basketball, family, and staying true to yourself. The main character, Charlie Bell, is the future father of Jordan and Josh in The Crossover. Set in the 1980's, Rebound also features stunning illustrations by award-winning graphic novel artist Dawud Anyabwile that compliment Charlie's love of […]
Indie Lens Pop-update Free Showing! Wed, May 2 7pm Director Lysa Heslov's powerful documentary, SERVED LIKE A GIRL, follows several American women who were wounded in action and are now transitioning from soldier to civilian after serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan. Struggling with PTSD, homelessness, broken families, divorce, serious illness, and military sexual […]
Tickets are free–To Reserve Your Seat Click HERE Zan is a documentary about the last of the Okinawan Dugong and the people who strive to protect them, located in the outstandingly beautiful and bio diverse Henoko, Oura bay, the Dugong is facing its last stand, its feeding grounds are threatened by the construction of a US […]
"A splendid book that pinpoints the moment at the start of the twentieth century when exile in Europe turned deadly in a way that foretold the end of everything. It tells us the horror that occurred street by street, butchery by butchery--with gripping clarity and an admirable brevity."--Philip Roth Purchase a copy of Pogrom to reserve your […]
Where: Donato & Co., 2635 Ashby Ave. When: through May 15 In cooperation with the Montefalco Consortium in Italy, Donato & Co. is offering a special Steak & Sagrantino pairing through May 15. Sagrantino is a grape varietal native to Umbria, Italy. It's a little-known, small-production wine that's grown mostly in the scenic hills of Montefalco. This rich, high-tannin wine is hard to find in the […]
Don’t miss our Bike to Work Energizer Station!! The Claremont branch, Trek Bicycles of Berkeley and the Berkeley Public Library on Wheels will be on hand to celebrate your commute by bike to work or school! We'll have free tote bags, bike lights and delicious Dream Fluff Donuts while supplies last. Trek will be offering […]
Sign-ups start at 5:00p.m. for a spot with our visiting lawyer. Names will be pulled at random at 6:00p.m. for appointment times. Call 510-981-6280 for more information.
The Poetry Circle at the Claremont Branch of the Berkeley Public Library features you and what you like. Come with a favorite poem — or find one here! If you write poetry, share one of your own, too.
Join us for a free a cappella concert of international song when Mozaik returns to Claremont branch! Mozaik is a Berkeley-based group of women singers who seek out rich songs to share from folk traditons around the world. Hear their music and learn more at www.mozaikvoices.com. Best for music lovers ages 5 and up. Free.
~ MOTHER’S DAY ~ Celebrate Mother's Day at Donato Enoteca Relax and enjoy our menu with family and friends! - Mother's Day - Festa della Mamma - Sunday, May 13th Three courses $48 | Four courses $57 Antipasto Girello di vitello in salsa tonnata, rucola selvatica, capperi croccanti Veal eye round, sicilian tuna sauce, wild arugula, […]
A Special Menu now through May 15th! In cooperation with the Montefalco Consortium in Italy, Donato & Co. is offering a special Steak & Sagrantino pairing through May 15. Sagrantino is a grape varietal native to Umbria, Italy. It's a little-known, small-production wine that's grown mostly in the scenic hills of Montefalco. This rich, high-tannin wine is hard to find in the U.S. and […]
May 15, 17, 22 & 24 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE By William Shakespeare Directed by Rufus Norris Shakespeare's most intense and terrifying tragedy, directed by Rufus Norris (The Threepenny Opera, London Road), will see Rory Kinnear (Young Marx, Othello) and Anne-Marie Duff (Oil, Suffragette) return to the National Theatre to play Macbeth and Lady […]
Mark Greenside Reads from (not quite) Mastering the Art of French Living, a sequel of sorts to I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do), about which the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "Imagine Larry David . . . spending a summer in a French village--against his will, of course--and you get some sense of what Mark Greenside goes through." Every year […]
An unprecedented photography practice that guides you to the creativity at your our fingertips, calling for nothing more than your vision and any camera, even the one embedded in your phone. "Zen Camera is to photographers what The Artist's Way is to writers. This master class in creativity deserves a place in your home."--Create with Joy To reserve […]
Jason Dewees Join Mrs. Dalloway's and the Mediterranean Garden Society for a talk and signing by Jason Dewee's on his just released book, Designing with Palms (photography by Caitlin Atkinson). In this comprehensive guide, Dewees shares the many ways palms can transform courtyards, gardens and landscapes. Detailing the most important species and highlighted by striking photography, Designing with Palms imparts […]
Wed, May 23 1 & 7pm & Wed, June 6 4pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Perhaps more than any other artist, Van Gogh's life has long captured the imagination of storytellers. Delving deep into his fascinating and sometimes deeply troubled world comes this definitive, award-winning documentary directed by David Bickerstaff. Showcasing Van Gogh's iconic works like […]
Ted Scheinman reads from Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan. Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 7:30pm
Join us for a poetry reading and discussion with local haiku poet Bruce H. Feingold. Currently the chair of the Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards and vice-president of the Haiku Poets of Northern California, Bruce H. Feingold has published in haiku journals and anthologies from the United States to Europe and beyond. Three books, A New […]
Twelve-year-old Lizzie is in trouble. She used to live a comfortable life with her loving father, but after the stock market crash of 1929 and his sudden death, she and her family now live in poverty. Lizzie is expected to help support the family, but she can't even cook without burning food. One day, […]
Celebrate LGBTQ Pride month with a special performance by Dillbilly! Dillbilly (pronoun they/them) is a genre-queer alt-country singer-songwriter based out of Oakland, CA. Raised in a trailer park, surrounded by cornfields and grain silos in the rural Midwest near the Ohio River, Dill grew up going jug fishing and playing classical piano. Over the past […]
Wed, June 13 1 & 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE The Bolshoi's stunning production of the humorous 19th century classic.
June 12, 14, 26 & 28 at 7pm Following its smash-hit live broadcast in 2012 and in-theatre brodcast in 2015, the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returns to Rialto Cinemas. Based on the acclaimed novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident […]
To reserve your seat, purchase a copy of Foraged Art by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 7:30pm In the spirit of land artists like Andy Goldsworthy, the book is as much about discovery as it is about creation. Leaves shaped like lips might inspire a face; an […]
Join us for Irish soda bread as Thomas Lynch continues reading the whole of Ulysses. Chapter Nine up next.
Do you love Elephant (Gerald) and Piggie as much as we do? Then you need to come to The Elephant and Piggie Show - 35 minutes of high energy hilarity, complete with props, costumes, and music. Professional actors Steve Page (Elephant) and Gail Blum (Piggie) bring Mo Willems' fantastic early reader stories to life. Ages […]
Father's Day Menu $75 for two people for a four-course meal served family style ($30 for each additional person) First course: Baked medley of organic summer squash strudel & Asiago cheese, Coke farm baby lettuces & borlotti beans Second course: Traditional Bergamo house-made spinach ravioli made with seasonal vegetables & cheeses, brown butter & Taleggio fondue Third course: Marinated […]
You’re invited to a CUPCAKE PARTY at Claremont Branch! Tuesday, June 19th at 1pm Chef Jillian Love will show you how to use natural ingredients for coloring your own healthy icing and decorating your own cupcake with fruits, nuts and other whole food treats. Join us for a gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and dairy-free extravaganza! All […]
Katharine Dion: Launch celebration for her debut novel, The Dependents, a wise and lyrical debut novel about a new widower confronting the truth about his long marriage. "A marvel of a novel. With great subtlety and tact, it evokes the love, devotion, and sadness that bind a grieving father to his troubled daughter. Its cumulative power comes from the depth […]
To Purchase Tickets Click HERE music by Richard Rodgers book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II directed by Trevor Nunn choreography by Susan Stroman starring Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle, Shuler Hensley, Peter Polycarpou, Jimmy Johnston, Vicki Simon and Maureen Lipman Rodgers and Hammerstein's ground-breaking musical, an Emmy-winning production in which Hugh Jackman made his name, from […]
Enjoy the first in this summer's CineKids movie series at the Claremont Branch! Full of jaw-dropping imaginative worlds, Mary and the Witch's Flower is an action-packed movie that tells the story of a girl who discovers a flower that grants magical powers. This movie is based on The Little Broomstick, a children's book by Mary Stewart. Reading Takes You […]
An experimental poem sequence inspired by a famous garden now in ruin. In Vigilance is No Orchard, Hazel White records her haunting romance with the Valentine Garden, created by landscape architect Isabelle Greene in the foothills of Santa Barbara, California. Jealous of its maker's power to affect a dynamic experience of space, White tries to make language […]
SUSHI SOIREE at Claremont Branch! Jillian Love will show you how to use plant based ingredients to make your own delicious veggie sushi rolls that are gluten free, and nut free, and plant based. All ages welcome! Space is limited, please RSVP by calling 510-981-6287. Jillian Love is a Certified Raw Vegan Chef, a Life Coach […]
For Kids ages 4-8 Leslie Crawford Presents Sprig the Rescue Pig, inspired by the true story of a feisty swine who escapes a delivery truck and ends up at an animal sanctuary, this gently humorous tale introduces kids to an intelligent, inquisitive, and very appealing pig. "May Sprig help people to see what wonderful individuals pigs […]
June 14-24 For more info and to purchase Elmwood tickets click HERE San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival showcases the best queer cinema from around the globe! The festival runs June 14-24 and will be at the Elmwood June 17-21. The Heiresses(Las herederas) Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay, 2018, 95 min Chela and Chiquita have lived together for […]
Join us for re-created, re-discovered, and re-imagined chamber music. Black Cedar’s accolades include multiple grants from the Zellerbach Family Foundation and the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, and an invite to the National Flute Association Convention. They have performed over 60 concerts throughout California and their critically- praised debut album, A Path Less Trod , […]
music and lyrics by Cole Porter book by Samuel and Bella Spewack loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew directed by Michael Blakemore starring Rachel York and Brent Barrett The Showmance Must Go On! Cole Porter's beloved classic receives "Another Op'nin, Another Show", in this masterful 2001 London revival of the Tony Award […]
Wed, July 11 1 & 7pm & Wed, July 25 4pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE After premiering in Season 4 of EXHIBITION ON SCREEN, I, Claude Monet is back by popular demand, revealing the heart and soul of arguably the world's most loved artist. Told through Monet's own words and shot on location at the very […]
Featuring Top Ten Lists and stunning photos of history-making moments, these comprehensive pro soccer collections catalog the greatest international players and the greatest Americans. These are the perfect books for young sports fans eager to kick off their soccer schooling. Ann Killion has covered American sports for more than a quarter century. An award-winning columnist […]