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    Ian Haney López OFFSITE presents Merge Left:Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America. 

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tickets $12 advance at Mrs. Dalloway's or through brownpapertickets.com. Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 7:30pm In 2014, Ian Haney López in Dog Whistle Politics named and explained the coded racial appeals exploited by right-wing politicians over the last half century--and thereby anticipated the 2016 presidential election. Now the country is heading into what will surely be one […]

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    Camp Trinity/Bar 717 Ranch Open House

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    It's not too early to be making summer plans for kids! Meet Kent Collard, Director, see a slideshow about one of California's oldest summer camps located in the Trinity Alps.  […]

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    Bolshoi Ballet 2019/20 Season: Giselle

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wed, Jan 29 1 & 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE New Production! Adophe Adam Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky The young peasant girl Giselle dies of a broken heart when she […]

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    PEGGY ORENSTEIN discussing Boys & Sex

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wednesday, January 29 - 7:00pm  OFFSITE TICKETED EVENT   In conversation with Judy Campbell discussing Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity. The award-winning journalist Orenstein's Girls & Sex broke ground, shattered taboos, and launched conversations about young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. In Boys & Sex, she […]

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    George Lakey Workshop with Kazu Haga OFFSITE

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    George Lakey Workshop with Kazu Haga OFFSITE conducts a workshop based on his most recent book, How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning, with Kazu Haga, founder of the East Point Peace Academy and author of the forthcoming Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm. Register at eastpointpeace.org/howwewin or call 510.500.7853. Sliding scale $20-$80. Wheelchair accessible. […]

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    NT Live: Fleabag

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Encore Just Added By Overwhelming Popular Demand! Thu, Jan 23 7pm Thu, Feb 6 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge Directed by Vicky Jones BBC's […]

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    Great Composers: In Search of Mozart

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wed, Jan 22 1 & 7pm Wed, Feb 12 4pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE "Outstanding. A must-see film!" - Chicago Sun-Times Made to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, In Search […]

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    National Theatre Live: All My Sons

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Jan 21, 30, Feb 4 & 13 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE by Arthur Miller starring Sally Field and Bill Pullman directed by Jeremy Herrin ★★★★★ "A thrill to watch!" - Telegraph […]

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    Joan Frank launches two prize-winning new books: Where You’re All Going, a quartet of novellas, winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, and Try to Get Lost: Essays on Travel and Place 

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Joan Frank Doubleheader! Joan Frank launches two prize-winning new books: Where You're All Going, a quartet of novellas, winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, and Try to Get Lost: Essays on Travel and Place (winner of the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize). To reserve your seat, please purchase a copy of either book in […]

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    2020 Cat Video Fest

    Sat, Feb 22 & Sun, Feb 23 1pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Bringing the joy of cat videos to the masses and raising money for cats in need. A portion […]

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    Bolshoi Ballet 2019/20 Season: Swan Lake

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wed, Feb 26 1 & 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Prince Siegfried is summoned by his parents to choose a bride. However, he […]

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    Elizabeth Tallent launches Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Elizabeth Tallent launches Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism, her bold and brilliant exploration of the ferocious desire for perfection which has shaped her writing life as well as her rich, dramatic, and constantly surprising personal life.  "One of the finest explorations I know of what it means to be a woman and an artist."--Sigrid Nunez To […]

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    Jennifer Jewell presents The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants. 

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell—host of public radio’s award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place—introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up. To reserve your seat, please purchase a copy of The Earth in […]

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    Adam Hochschild reads from Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes,

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    The astonishing but forgotten story of an immigrant sweatshop worker who married an heir to a great American fortune and became one of the most charismatic radical leaders of her time. "Through the lens of a remarkable marriage, Adam Hochschild draws a vivid portrait of the Gilded Age--of immigrants, sweatshops, tenements, strikes, enclaves of patrician […]

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    Call to Artists: Please participate in Elmwood Art & Music 2020

    Elmwood Business Association College and Ashby, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Elmwood Art & Music 2020 May 30th – June 7th ARTISTS AMONG US Artists are such an important part of all of our lives, in their passion, growth, and determination […]

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    Great Composers: In Search of Chopin

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tue, Mar 3 1 & 7pm Tue, Mar 24 4pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE "Gripping!" - The Times "Outstanding!" - Chicago Sun Times "A masterpiece!" - Sydney Morning Herald "A directional coup - inventively filmed and […]

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    EXHIBITION On Screen 2019/20 Season: Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wed, Mar 4 1 & 7pm Wed, Mar 25 4pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Exploring one of the most highly original and popular artists of recent years - the grandson […]

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    Bolshoi Ballet 2019/20 Season: Romeo and Juliet (Encore)

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wed, Apr 1 1 & 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Sergei Prokofiev Ekaterina Krysanova and Vladislav Lantratov Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Despite each of their families being merciless enemies, Romeo […]

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    Jane Hirshfield reads from her new volume of poetry Ledger

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Jane Hirshfield reads from her new volume of poetry Ledger, a book of personal, ecological, and political reckoning from the internationally renowned poet named "among the modern masters" (Washington Post). From one of our most celebrated contemporary poets--long-listed for the National Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and England's T.S. Eliot Prize--comes […]

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    Bonnie Tsui presents Why We Swim

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Bonnie Tsui presents Why We Swim, "a beautifully written love letter to water and a fascinating story" (Rebecca Skloot). To reserve your seat, please purchase a copy of Why We Swim by speaking to a bookseller or clicking on the cover below. Humans, unlike other animals that are drawn to water, are not natural-born swimmers. We must be […]

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    EXHIBITION On Screen 2019/20 Season: Easter in Art

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wed, Apr 8 1 & 7pm Tue, Apr 21 4pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Highlighting artists such as Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Leonardo, El Greco, and many more including contemporary artists Mark […]

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    Bolshoi Ballet 2019/20 Season: Jewels

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wed, Apr 29 1 & 7pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE Gabriel Faure, Igor Stravinsky and Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by George Balanchine This opulent triptych was inspired by Balanchine's visit […]

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    Great Composers: In Search of Haydn

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wed, Apr 15 1 & 7pm Wed, May 6 4pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE "Joyous, thrilling, informative, accessible!" - Empire "An ideal introduction to one of the greatest composers of his time!" - BBC […]

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    EXHIBITION On Screen 2019/20 Season: Frida Kahlo

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wed, July 15 1 & 7pm Wed, July 29 4pm To Purchase Tickets Click HERE A highly researched and visually spectacular feature-length film on this 21st-century female icon! This highly engaging […]

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    The Gotsa Wine Event. Zoom With Us to Georgia!

    Vintage Berkeley College Ave 2949 College Avenue, berkeley, CA, United States

    Next Friday, 8/28. 7:00 PM, PST. Because: there's zero chance you have a cooler Friday night planned! Because: these are 2-4 of the most exciting bottles you'll try in 2020. (If not, please tell […]

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    Elmwood Halloween Scavenger Word Scramble

    Your Basic Bird 2940 College Ave, berkeley, CA, United States

    Play anytime during the month of OCTOBER! We’ve put together a safe socially-distanced scavenger hunt everyone can enjoy. Letters have been hidden in 28 store windows in the Elmwood. Get […]

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    “A Christmas Memory” read by Thomas Lynch — virtually

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    BYOF (Bring Your Own Fruitcake) and settle in for this traditional Mrs. Dalloway's event. This year it will be a bit different, like everything else: We will host our dear friend Thomas Lynch virtually on Crowdcast.  Based on Capote's own boyhood in rural Alabama in the 1930s, A Christmas Memory was originally published in Mademoiselle in 1956 and later was […]

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    The Elmwood Holiday Window Game

    Your Basic Bird 2940 College Ave, berkeley, CA, United States

    For the whole month - come out and play:  December 7th - January 3rd We have created a safe socially-distanced window game for all ages.  Complete the game and be […]

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    Kevin Begos to discuss his book Tasting the Past 

    Vintage Berkeley College Ave 2949 College Avenue, berkeley, CA, United States

    Vintage Berkeley Event: On January 14th we're hosting author Kevin Begos to discuss his book Tasting the Past while we drink some of the wines he mentions therein. (You can get a white, a red, or both!) This is that absolute rarest of birds: a genuinely well-written, fun, and super-informative wine book! Newbs and nerds alike will dig

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    Jonathan Lethem to discuss his book The Arrest

    Vintage Berkeley College Ave 2949 College Avenue, berkeley, CA, United States

    On January 21st Vintage Berkeley is hosting Jonathan Lethem, one of America's greatest writers (Motherless Brooklyn, et many al) to discuss his book The Arrest while we drink wines paired to the book! (You can get a white, a red, or both!)

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    Chat and drink with Tim Goodman!

    Vintage Berkeley College Ave 2949 College Avenue, berkeley, CA, United States

    On January 28th we're hosting TV critic and Elmwood fanatic Tim Goodman to discuss his and my favorite television show of the last few years: Patriot. Here's the idea: watch Season One in the next […]

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    FREE Trick-or-Treating in the Elmwood

    Your Basic Bird 2940 College Ave, berkeley, CA, United States

    Come out during the day on Saturday, October 28th from 12-5pm for some Trick-or-Treating Wear a costume, Pickup a treat bag and map at Your Basic Bird (2940 College Ave).

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    FREE Outdoor Halloween Movie Night

    Vintage Berkeley College Ave 2949 College Avenue, berkeley, CA, United States

    Sat. Oct 28th 5:30-9pm, movie at 6:30pm. Grab your movie night dinner special from an Elmwood restaurant, bring a chair & watch "Monster House" in the parking lot behind Vintage […]

    Free
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    Mrs Dalloway’s ART EXHIBIT & SALE w/Celebrated Local Artists & Storytellers

    Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Art Exhibit and Reception, featuring the artwork of 7 local illustrators of books. They will be presenting and selling their works of art and visiting with attendees. Should be a great night. See attached for the flyer. Here is the Eventbrite link for registration and more details: Eventbrite Post - Mrs D Art Exhibit Nov […]

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    Are you a musician? A Call for Musicians

    The Elmwood Business Association (EBA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is sponsoring “Music in the Elmwood” Sunday April 28th 2024 12pm-5pm. The purpose of “Music in the Elmwood” is to support Elmwood […]

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    Perfume Making & Wine Pairing

    Scents by the Bay 2926 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Embark on a sensory journey blending scents of perfume with the flavors of wine for an unforgettable evening. Start the evening off by savoring the richness of life with a […]

    $50
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    Vendor Registration – Music In the Elmwood

    Join us for Music in The Elmwood, Sunday April 28th, from 12-5PM.  Come enjoy a day out in the Elmwood – a day filled with music, shopping and people.We will […]

  • Music in the Elmwood Festival

    Come enjoy a day out in the Elmwood – a day filled with music, shopping and people. We will have 2 staged areas:  College @ Russell, and College @ Webster […]

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    Music in the Elmwood

    Elmwood Business Association College and Ashby, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Come enjoy a day out in the Elmwood - a day filled with music, shopping and people. We will have 2 staged areas:  College @ Russell, and College @ Webster […]

    Free
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    Free Outdoor Movie : The Nightmare Before Christmas

    Elmwood Stationers 2949 Elmwood Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Join a free outdoor movie night, showing The Nightmare Before Christmas. Bring a blanket or chairs to sit on. Grab your movie dinner special from an Elmwood restaurant. Showtime starts […]

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    Free movie matinee at Rialto Cinemas

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Enjoy a free movie matinee of Hotel Transylvania in Berkeley's last movie theater.   Stay for free trick or treating at over 30 stores in the Elmwood.  Costumes encouraged

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    Trick or Treating in the Elmwood

    Your Basic Bird 2940 College Ave, berkeley, CA, United States

    Stroll through the stores of the Elmwood in Berkeley and trick or treat for free from 12-5pm on the Saturday before Halloween (Oct 26). Wear a costume, pickup a treat […]

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    Rialto Family Free Matinees: PRANCER

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    A farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa’s, hoping to bring it back to health in time for Christmas. Her holiday spirit inspires those around […]

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    Rialto Family Free Matinees: PRANCER

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn’t know he exists and is in […]

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    Rialto Big Screen Classics THE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.  

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    Rialto Free Family Matinees ELF

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn’t know he exists and is in […]

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    Tap Dancing Christmas Trees

    Enjoy the Tap Dancing Christmas Trees tapping all over the Elmwood.   They are a chorus line of tap dancing Christmas trees that dance through the holiday season bringing holiday cheer.  […]

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    Tap Dancing Christmas Trees

    Your Basic Bird 2940 College Ave, berkeley, CA, United States

    Enjoy the Tap Dancing Christmas Trees, tapping their way around the streets of the Elmwood on 3 dates in December: 14, 15, 22 from 1-3pm.

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    Rialto Free Family Matinees ELF

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn’t know he exists and is in […]

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    Tap Dancing Christmas Trees in the Elmwood

    Enjoy the Tap Dancing Christmas Trees tapping all over the Elmwood.   They are a chorus line of tap dancing Christmas trees that dance through the holiday season bringing holiday cheer.  […]

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    Tap Dancing Christmas Trees in the Elmwood

    Enjoy the Tap Dancing Christmas Trees, tapping their way around the streets of the Elmwood on 2 more dates in December: 15, 22 from 1-3pm.

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    Rialto Family Free Matinees A CHRISTMAS STORY

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the […]

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    Rialto Family Free Matinees A CHRISTMAS STORY

    Rialto Cinemas Elmwood 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the […]

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    Tap Dancing Christmas Trees

    Last chance to enjoy the Tap Dancing Christmas Trees, tapping their way around the streets of the Elmwood from 1-3pm.

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    Music in the Elmwood

    Please join us for our 2nd Annual Music in the Elmwood festival.  It will be a fun filled day full of great music, shopping and eating all while enjoying the […]

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    The Elmwood Wine Walk

    Vintage Berkeley College Ave 2949 College Avenue, berkeley, CA, United States

    The 2nd Annual Elmwood Wine Walk! Saturday, September 13th | 1–5 PM Early Bird Tickets: $35 through August 31st ($40 online after August 31st | $45 day of event) 20+ Participating […]

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    Halloween Bingo

    Your Basic Bird 2940 College Ave, berkeley, CA, United States

    Come pickup a game card at any participating store, or print it out and play bingo!  Halloween object in the stores, find the object and keep playing till you get […]

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    Free Outdoor Movie

    Free Outdoor Movie: Hotel Transylvania Come join us for a spooktacular evening under the stars at our Free Outdoor Movie event featuring Hotel Transylvania! Grab your blankets and lawn chairs and head over […]

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    Trick or treating in the Elmwood

    Come trick or treating in the Elmwood Business District.  Participating stores will be giving out halloween treats, come dressed in some fun costumes.