Picks of the Week: ‘Someone Great,’ Beyoncé and Spotify finds from friends
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While you’re at it, why not check out Pitchfork’s list of Lizzo’s 10 best flute videos?
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Best Cal Day events to boost your school spirit and explore campus
Cal Day is upon us, so mark your calendars for an exciting 24 hours filled with school spirit, lectures and other special events. When you step onto campus, it’s easy to find the revelry and sheer scale of Cal Day events overwhelming, so here are some of our top picks for fun things to do around UC Berkeley this Saturday.
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Picks of the Week: Local concerts and genre-bending tracks for the start of spring
On Tuesday, take some time to go to a concert. UC’s Spring Jazz Concert will be happening Tuesday at Freight and Salvage, featuring the three top trios from the UC’s jazz program.
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Picks of the Week: Baby elephants, uplifting outdoor walks and spicy musicals to get back into the semester
It sounds trite, but oftentimes getting outside and moving around a bit can do a world of good for your physical and mental well-being — it’s a wonderful and wholesome way to recharge without breaking the bank.
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Designer Sandra Woodall takes us on an exclusive tour of the creative processes that birthed her gorgeous costumes
Acclaimed Oakland-born costume designer Sandra Woodall and her creative team have flawlessly executed costumes for more than 200 dance and theater productions. Accordingly, sublime and stellar garments are to be expected from Woodall, a five-time Isadora Duncan Award winner.
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Second half of BAMPFA’s ‘Documentary Voices’ screening showcases innovations to form, storytelling
Eschewing typical subjects and traditional form, the second half of the “Documentary Voices” series pulls focus toward works that span time, place and form, weaving together narratives that have often gone unheard and unseen
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BAMPFA’s Hans Hofmann exhibition is culmination of its celebrated benefactor
“Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction” offers a fresh perspective on one of the great American abstractionists. Placed in such extensive, near chronological order, “The Nature of Abstraction” fashions Hoffman as benefactor, teacher and radical.
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‘Documentary Voices’ series at BAMPFA spans time, place in pursuit of cinematic truths
The selection constituting the first half of the program features four movies that vary greatly in all aspects, from the temporal to the spatial and even to how they address the form of documentary.
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‘Life Goes On’: Director Mia Hansen-Løve showcases realism in BAMPFA film series
It can be difficult to watch the news and come to the conclusion that life — and all its discrepancies — is beautiful. So don’t look to the news for that resolution. Instead, find it in the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s latest film series, “Life Goes On: The Films of Mia Hansen-Løve.”
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Mia Hansen-Løve portrays chaos of youthful love in ‘Goodbye First Love’
But as painful as Camille’s journey is for the audience to experience, “Goodbye First Love” is completely aware of its own effect. The film is ultimately an aching ballad of the violence, the trauma and the art of suffering for love.
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