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Friday, November 20, 2020

BAMPFA’s annual Cine/Spin lives on digitally in hypnotic online installment

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For guests new and old alike, there’s no denying the sense of magic in the event’s simple formula — and, as it turns out, it doesn’t need a physical space to work that magic, either.
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Literature, Local Event

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Chinatown Talk

Storytelling project ‘Chinatown Pretty’ is featured at Eastwind Books panel

Eastwind Books of Berkeley hosted a virtual book talk to feature “Chinatown Pretty,” a book that is part of a larger project to share the style and stories of Chinatown’s senior residents.
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Local Event

Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg reads for Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley Symphony virtual musical storytime

Comedian, actor and Berkeley-local Andy Samberg was the latest guest on “Reading Is Instrumental,” the virtual musical storytime series created by the Berkeley Public Library Foundation and the Berkeley Symphony.
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Local Event

Monday, October 12, 2020

Maxine Hong Kingston, Earll Kingston join Berkeley Symphony to add bass to bedtime stories

Hong Kingston and Kingston both brought animated facial expressions and hand gestures to the reading, which additionally enlivened the performance. 
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
ADA30 in color

‘ADA 30 in Color’ panel discusses lived perspectives of disabled BIPOC on 30th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act

Wong, the founder of the Disability Visibility Project and editor of the “ADA 30 in Color” series, said she had wanted to “recenter the work and the wisdom” of the disabled BIPOC community.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

‘The status quo is an illusion’: An interview with Cal Performances’ Jeremy Geffen

Geffen described how the impacts of COVID-19 have forced many to confront how tenuous existence is at both the individual and organizational levels.
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Local Event

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Jinkx Monsoon talks love for live theater recreations, acting strategies in ‘Drag Becomes Her’

“Ben and I found a lot of nuance in our performance and a lot of new things to add to the performance since the first time we did it in San Francisco, so we’re really excited to bring it back to San Francisco with everything we’ve learned in the U.K.,” Monsoon said.
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Local Event

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Revolution Books celebrates 40 years of fighting for radical change in Berkeley

The urgency of Redmonde’s words was echoed by everything each speaker had to say, their presentations centering around both the personal and broader significance behind a bookstore that also has an active political presence in Berkeley and elsewhere.
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Local Event

Friday, February 28, 2020

‘Polyphonia’ delivers a musical journey around the world at Presidio Theatre

Each ensemble showcased the magnificence of its musical traditions and created a wonderful environment to get the audience grooving, providing an enticing sneak peek of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival to come.
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Black History Month 2020, Local Event

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Damien Sneed finds new congregation with ‘We Shall Overcome’

Sneed made sure to keep the gospel sentiment strong in each song he played by eliciting audience interactions.
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