The Bay Area artist’s installations, shown in major museums, have taken home altars and roadside shrines in new directions.
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‘Paradise Blue’ takes us to a Detroit jazz club in 1949 — with urban ‘renewal’ on the horizon
Aurora Theatre offers the second play in Dominique Morisseau’s trilogy — the first part, ‘Detroit ’67,’ ran in 2018.
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BAMPFA presents the paintings of Frank Moore — a performance artist, poet and so much more
Opening Jan. 25, exhibition focuses on the lesser-known body of work by the Berkeley countercultural activist who was also a playwright, filmmaker and musician.
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Teens flock back to Berkeley Rep, energizing the house
Student matinees and Teen Nights have brought an enthusiastic young audience to connect both with live theater, and with each other.
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Freight & Salvage fetes Django Reinhardt’s birthday for three whirlwind days, Jan. 20-22
Eight stellar music groups, workshops for musicians and a documentary celebrate the jazz guitarist who founded the Hot Club de France Quintet in the 1930s.
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Tony Award-winning ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’ extended at the Ashby Stage
Dave Malloy’s electropop opera is based on a sliver of Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace.’
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‘Hip-Hop is Folk Music’ at Freight & Salvage welcomes all ages to join in to a sharing circle
Hip-Hop cypher is part of the “Playing with Tradition” program that connects contemporary music styles with the wide world of folk music.
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Berkeley Rep is training the next generation of theater-makers
Applications for the nationally renowned fellowship program open in January for the 2023-24 season.
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Freight & Salvage’s holiday season brings us traditional music from cultures near and far
Shows through the end of the year highlight holiday music from Hawaii to Ireland, and from classical to bluegrass.
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A wild and windy new ‘Wuthering Heights’ is about to blow into Berkeley
Berkeley Rep launches new season by welcoming director Emma Rice’s bold reimagining of the gothic masterpiece for its West Coast premiere.
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See what’s gone into that tasty bowl of pho
Aurora Theatre Company’s new show explores the history of a Vietnamese dish — and the bite of cultural appropriation.
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Georgian cinema festival opening at BAMPFA
Celebrated by critics, films from the Black Sea nation of Georgia will be showing every weekend through November.