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Friday, December 16th, 2011 Firehouse Gallery North hosts Art Makers trunk show for the holidays Gotta come check out our "Holiday Pop Up Art Makers Trunk Show" at the Gallery North in the Berkeley Gourmet Ghetto. Friday, December 2nd, 2011 Richmond Art Center's Annual Holiday Arts Festival to be held December 2nd & 3rd The Richmond Art Center (RAC) will hold its annual Holiday Arts Festival on Friday, December 2nd, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Saturday, December 3rd, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The festival is one of the East Bay's favorite community art events; each year, established and emerging regional artists and artisans donate and sell their work at the festival in support of the Richmond Art Center. This year will feature more than 30 artist-vendors and a Silent Auction of the works of preeminent Bay Area artists. The Center’s popular pottery sale also returns, with hundreds of functional and decorative pieces handmade in the center’s ceramics studio. A portion of all arts and crafts sales directly benefits the RAC and its educational programming, exhibitions and community arts initiatives. Admission is free. Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Make Your Mark: Summer Art Classes at Kala for Youth and Adults Whether you're a true beginner or professional artist, Kala's education programs for youth and adults offer hands on learning and creative exchange. Kala classes are taught by exhibiting, professional artists and utilize the exceptional equipment available in our printmaking studio and electronic media center. Develop a new skill, build on previous experience, or take a class just for fun!
Our signature summer program for youth, Camp Kala, is filing up fast. We only have a few spaces available for your middle or high school students. If your kids love printing, drawing, painting and book making—Reserve a space today!
Educators, it’s time to do a little something for YOU this summer. Check out Access Points to Printmaking, Kala's professional development workshop that will get your creative juices flowing and help you structure great lesson plans for next year. www.kala.org
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 AXIS is looking for YOU! YOU: looking for a new physical and creative endeavor
· Create, experiment and collaborate with fiery dancers
Sunday, February 20th, 2011 Oklnd Undrgrnd Visions of the Dark Traveler visits The Severed Talisman Oklnd Undrgrnd Visions of the Dark Traveler visits The Severed Talisman. See for yourself. Includes blood and adult subject matter. Viewer Discresion is advised. www.severedtalisman.weebly.com Monday, February 14th, 2011 Berkeley Rep Wins A Grammy! For photos, interviews, videos, etc. contact: Terence Keane, Director of Public Relations (510) 647-2917, tkeane@berkeleyrep.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAST ALBUM FROM BERKELEY REP’S AMERICAN IDIOT WINS GRAMMY AWARD FEBRUARY 13, 2011 – Tonight, at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards, American Idiot – the raucous show that was born at Berkeley Repertory Theatre before bursting onto Broadway – won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. Produced by Billie Joe Armstrong, the recording features Green Day and the original Broadway cast, who performed together on national television during last year’s Grammy ceremony. Reprise Records released the album on April 20, 2010, the same day the show began its Broadway run. The musical features music from Green Day’s most recent albums, American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, both of which won Grammy Awards as well. In the last nine years, Berkeley Rep has helped develop seven Broadway shows: American Idiot (2010), Bridge & Tunnel (2006), Ghetto Klown (2011), In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (2009), Metamorphoses (2002), Passing Strange (2008), and Wishful Drinking (2009), which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Audio Book last year. Berkeley Rep also celebrated its second London transfer last fall: following in the footsteps of Continental Divide, which played at the Barbican in 2004, Tiny Kushner transferred to London’s Tricycle Theater in September.
The Broadway engagement of American Idiot is produced by Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman in association with Berkeley Rep. The show made its world premiere in Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre in September 2009. Its record-breaking run brought in the biggest advance sale in the Theatre’s 42-year history, the biggest day at the box office, 18 of the top 20 days ever, and due to demand had to announce its first extension before it played its first performance. Now it’s rocking the St. James Theatre in Manhattan, which is located at 246 West 44th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. Green Day – vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool – created one of the best-selling albums of all time with the groundbreaking rock opera American Idiot. Then the band collaborated with one of theatre's most acclaimed creative teams – Tony Award-winning director of Spring Awakening Michael Mayer, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and orchestrator Tom Kitt, and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hoggett – to bring this explosive, iconic story to the stage.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has grown from a storefront stage to a national leader in innovative theatre. Known for its core values of imagination and excellence, as well as its educated and adventurous audience, the nonprofit has provided a welcoming home for emerging and established artists since 1968. The Theatre welcomes an annual audience of 180,000, serves 20,000 students, and hosts dozens of community groups, thanks to 1,000 volunteers and more than 400 artists, artisans, and administrators. With two stages, a school, and a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, Berkeley Rep is proud to premiere exhilarating new plays. # # # Terence Keane, Director of Public Relations For releases, photos, and more, visit www.berkeleyrep.org/press Thursday, January 6th, 2011 RAW RAW is coming to the east bay. Real exposure for working artists submit your work here http://www.rawartists.org Sunday, December 12th, 2010 Local band donates album to Richmond Book Drive contributors
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It is an inspiring local story about local independent music, Christmas cheer and encouraging underserved Richmond students to read. Tyler Hester (27) is running a book drive for four Richmond, CA public high schools where he teaches (www.richmondbookdrive.com). He is a bright young teacher who wants to get his class excited about books because the students are not currently reading at grade levels. Pomplamoose (Bay Area indie musicians of YouTube fame) just completed an exclusive Christmas album that people can download for free if they donate a book to the drive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNM8g5ZZN0Y). They are hoping their millions of online fans will step up to support the effort. Here are some photos of books starting to arrive and the excited kids who will be reading them: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2289097&id=210362&l=226dafb87f If you'd like more information about the project, please watch the video on www.richmondbookdrive.com. Saturday, October 30th, 2010 Photography Exhibit by Mona Reeva ElCerrito Art Association presents a Photography Exhibit by Mona Reeva, a Berkeley based photographer, at the El Cerrito Library in El Cerito, CA from October 30, 2010 through January 6, 2011. Mona Reeva is a member of the El Cerrito Art Association, the Berkeley Camera Club and the Photography Society of America. She has exhibited with other photographers in several venues including Downtown Berkeley Storefront, Red Oak Realty and Solano Grill and Bar. This is her first solo show. A Reception will be held on Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the El Cerrito Library. Included in the show are Creative, Nature, Landscape and Floral images. Two examples of her photographs are “Poppies and Olive Trees” taken on a trip to Greece and “Great Blue Heron with Fish” taken on a walk at Jewel Lake in Tilden Park.
For more information, contact Mona Reeva at 510.525.8556, or grnmtna@greenmountainartistry.com Thursday, August 26th, 2010 Themes of Childress' play reflect her struggle Aurora Theatre Company opens its 19th season with Alice Childress’ vibrant, humorous, and heartbreaking look at racism through the lens of the theater, TROUBLE IN MIND. Set during the early years of the Civil Rights movement, this disconcerting yet disarmingly funny look at the inequalities of American life in the 1950’s highlights the half-truths we tell ourselves about race relations and societal progress in America. Monday, August 30th, 2010 ViolaMania See and be part of a whole lot of violists eating good food, listening to a great concert, and trying to set a record for the most violists playing the Telemann concerto at the same time. Bring your viola and/or your ears and be prepared to be entertained! Thursday, August 5th, 2010 Jazzschool Rising Stars Summer Noon Concerts <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times;} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> The Downtown Berkeley Association and Jazzschool present the Jazzschool Rising Stars Summer Noon Concerts, a series of four free concerts, Thursdays at noon beginning August 5, 2010 in downtown Berkeley. Focused on jazz standards and original compositions, these concerts held in Bartlett’s Patio on Kittredge St. next to the Berkeley Public Library, showcase the Jazzschool’s Rising Stars summer workshop. The tenth year of these free outdoor summer celebrations is just a small sampling of the performing arts happening nightly in clubs, cafes, schools, theaters and concert halls in downtown Berkeley.
The Jazzschool is dedicated to the study and performance of America’s indigenous art form — jazz, and related styles of music from around the world. Founded in 1997, the Jazzschool is located in the historic Kress Building on the northwest corner of Shattuck and Addison streets, situated in the heart of the burgeoning Downtown Berkeley Arts District which houses a number of unique resources complementary to jazz study and performance including Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Aurora Theater, Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre, East Bay Media Center, The Marsh, and the Art & Music Room in the Berkeley Public Library.
These concerts are the warm up to the Downtown Berkeley MusicFest which runs August 20-29 on 10 nights, with over 40 performances, and at 10 venues in Downtown Berkeley. Enjoy diverse musical styles spanning bluegrass to salsa to rock and roll. These concerts have been made possible in part by a generous gift from David and Beth Sawi. Thanks to AT&T California for sponsorship.
Take BART to the Downtown Berkeley BART station two blocks from the concert site at 2020 Kittredge next to the Berkeley Public Library. For parking and transportation, or other information about Downtown, please visit www.downtownberkeley.org. Seating will be available. This event is produced and sponsored by the Downtown Berkeley Association and the downtown business community. The site is wheelchair accessible. Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 ArtsChange Summer Arts Workshops ArtsChange announces open registration for free art workshops this summer for Richmond youth ages 14-21. Workshops range in content from writing and performance to aerosol art and are designed for all experience levels. For more info and to download a registration application please visit http://artschange.wordpress.com Thursday, May 13th, 2010 East Bay Zip Code Free Days @ BAM/PFA BAM/PFA ANNOUNCES ZIP CODE PROGRAM FOR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES Berkeley, CA, May 11, 2010—Thousands of East Bay residents will have two opportunities to visit the BAM/PFA galleries and also to attend L@TE: Friday Nights @ BAM/PFA free of charge during the summer months of 2010. Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 2 Berkeley Rep plays garner 6 Tony nominations Two plays that premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre — "American Idiot" and "In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)" — received a total of six Tony nominations Tuesday. The development means that Green Day, the East Bay trio that rose from the ranks of 924 Gilman Steret regulars to global rock superstardom, can now add a Tony nomination to its list of accomplishments. Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 World Premiere of La Peña - Ayer, Hoy y Pa’lante 35th Anniversary Series Presents Community history comes alive through music, song and spoken word! La Peña Cultural Center Celebrates its 35th Anniversary with the World Premiere of La Peña - Ayer, Hoy y Pa’lante La Peña presents the world premiere of La Peña - Ayer, Hoy y Pa’lante, an original suite of music by three time Grammy nominee, Wayne Wallace with libretto by Aya de Leon and performed by the La Peña International Orchestra. This work, integrates La Peña oral histories, archival footage and photos into a contemporary musical suite about the social and cultural movements that make up the La Peña community. Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 Grupo Raiz reunites in Berkeley Grupo Raiz returns to the stage where they were born 30 years ago to celebrate La Peña's 35th anniversary. La Pena's 35 Anniversary Gala Concert with Grupo Raiz Saturday May 15, 2010. $20 adv. $25 dr. - 8pm Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 La Peña Celebrates 35th Anniversary A local cultural center with a national reputation and a global vision.
The 35th Anniversary Series Presents Like Brand New! Since 1975, La Peña has served as a community gathering space for people of diverse cultures; provided opportunities for artists to pass on specific cultural traditions, to create and perform work, while interfacing with and supporting diverse social movements. After 35 years, La Peña's mission of creating a welcoming & affordable space to promote cultural understanding, peace, solidarity, and community action through the arts and education remains as fresh and vital as ever: Like Brand New! Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Collapse, Inspired by a Minnesota Tragedy, Will Get World Premiere in California Aurora Theatre Company announces productions for 19th season line-up. Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Aurora Theatre to stage little-known Tennessee Williams play Aurora Theatre Company announces line-up for 19th season. Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Berkeley's Aurora Theatre sets 2010-11 schedule Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company announces the line-up for its 19th season. Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 Oakland arts community rallying against proposed deep cuts OAKLAND — The city's arts community may be able to breathe a bit easier. City Council members were just about unanimous Thursday night in voicing opposition to cutting city arts grants by 50 percent as Oakland struggles to fill a budget gap of $43 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1. But the council held off from actually voting on the plan. The proposal to cut the grants would solve only about $500,000 of Oakland's general fund budget problems, but would have devastating effects for a city known as a haven for artists, supporters of the grants said. Thursday, April 8th, 2010 Oakland artists: Budget cuts a too-common theme Oakland prides itself on its arts scene, a place where hip-hop thrives, Burning Man installations are born and strapped artists actually make a living. But city funds that help keep many of the city's artists and organizations afloat are shriveling. City administrators have proposed halving the money for arts grants to help Oakland bridge a $42 million shortfall in its $400 million budget. Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 Richmond Silly Parade PRESS RELEASE: RICHMOND SILLY PARADE Time to get ready for the 4th Annual Richmond Silly Parade on Saturday, April 10th from 10:30 – 11:23 a.m. at the corner of 23rd and Macdonald. Come march with us, or bring the kids and chuckle. Building on the success of the city’s great Cinco de Mayo and Juneteenth events, the Richmond Silly Parade welcomes all Richmond families to celebrate our creativity and imagination and have fun. Visualize once again the Synchronized Nap Team, the Portable Hibachi Grill Team, the Senior Citizen Dry-Water Swim Team, the World’s Only Windchime Band, and the Jennifer Lopez Look-Alike Brigade winding their way through downtown accompanied by djembes, kazoos, and glockenspiels. So get together with your friends, neighbors, classmates, bowling league, union brothers and sisters, bridge club, or support group, and put together something silly. All you need is a prop (lawnmowers, baby strollers, fly swatters, aprons) and an idea. As time marches on, the Richmond Silly Parade should grow and more attract more people to our city. Check out these other famous community spectacles: “The Doo Dah Parade” of Pasadena or “In the Heart of the Beast” in Minneapolis. For information and free registration, or to help, contact richmondsillyparade@gmail.com or Michael Beer at 235-5519. Friday, May 7th, 2010 Slide Show Remembering the Storytelling Tea Party! Patricia Bulitt, interdisciplinary artist/ dancer produced the annual women's and girls' tea party and storytelling ceremony in Berkeley. Come hear about this unusual, site specific performance where hundreds of women and girls came to share with others, their stories of women who influenced their life. Original prose, poetry, costumes, and inspiration. TIME: 7-830PM 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, 94804 Phone: ( 510) 620-6772 Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Paper Dress Making Workshops Patricia Bulitt, Guest Artist at the Richmond Art Center, will present a slide lecture on Friday, May 7 from 7-8:30PM on the annual storytelling tea party in Berkeley. ON Saturday, May 8, from 10-1PM will be a paper dress making workshop for adults. Family workshop to commemorate mother's day will be on May 8 from 2-4 PM --a free workshop. Contact Richmond Art Center: 510 620-6772 Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 Paper Dress Making Workshops Remembering My Grandmother's Honey Cake: A Paper Dress Making Workshops for Women and girls ( 8 years old and older) attend a paper dress making workshop to commemorate a woman who influences your life! We will form a story telling circle, sharing our heroines. You will be given brown craft paper template to embellish as you wish. Location: LIve Oak Center, Live Oak Park, Berkeley TIME: 1-4PM Fee: $35-$65. per person. REGISTRATION NECESSARY: Contact: Patricia Bulitt, Artist. For 14 years she produced the women and girls tea party and storytelling ceremony in Berkeley! creek.dancer@earthlink.net Friday, March 5th, 2010 San Pablo Arts District Fund San Pablo Arts District Fund (SPAD), an Oakland based non-profit organization, begins its storefront art program with a collaborative installation by Oakland artist Michael Louis Young. 5512, a vacant storefront on San Pablo Avenue in economy-stricken North Oakland's Golden Gate District, is being transformed into SOS/SOL, a dynamic multimedia installation. SOS/SOL explores a narrative of sorrow and solitude on the high seas. The beautified storefronts lessen blight and undesired activities. Monday, January 4th, 2010 51 Years of Oakland's Fairyland The Big Bad Wolf has been huffing and puffing and blowing houses down for years. Honestly, doesn't he ever get tired? Not at Oakland's Fairyland, on the shores of Lake Merritt, where he's been keeping people of all ages entertained for 59 years with stories, rides and performances. And it's not just for kids - Adults can also take a journey through the magical world. Well as long as they bring a child. That's what reporter Dalia Cuenca found out, here's more. Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Tomorrow's Sounds and Stars at Crowden Crowden Music Center shines a spotlight on exciting new music and emerging artists from the Bay Area this March, presenting a Crowden alumnus Sundays @ Four concert and two John Adams Young Composers Program events over the course of just four days, all featuring Crowden's special blend of outstanding classical music in an intimate, neighborly atmosphere. Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 AURORA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS HENRIK IBSEN'S "JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN" Aurora Theatre Company presents Henrik Ibsen's fiercely relevant JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN. Written in 1896, and recently revived in a new version by David Eldridge at London's Donmar Warehouse to great critical acclaim, Ibsen's penultimate play is a pointed indictment of capitalism, selfish ambition, and greed. The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel Borkman, who used his position as a bank manager to speculate illegally with his clients' money, ultimately losing the financial investments of hundreds of people. After serving eight years in prison for embezzlement, Borkman has spent the last five years making plans for a comeback, pacing alone in an upstairs room. Meanwhile downstairs, his estranged wife and her sister vie for the loyalty of Borkman's only son. Aurora Theatre Company founding Artistic Director Barbara Oliver, who directed the company's hit production of Ibsen's The Master Builder, returns to helm this drama about a family confined by an inescapable, unappeasable past, featuring James Carpenter and Karen Grassle. Friday, January 15th, 2010 Haitian musicians & dancers perform at Ashkenaz in two concerts to benefit Haiti earthquake relief TWO BENEFIT CONCERTS are planned at Ashkenaz in the coming weeks. Please help to spread the word:
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Alameda County Arts Commission Public Art Registries Open for Applications The Alameda County Arts Commission is now accepting applications for two new public art registries. There are opportunities for a wide range of artists to work on several upcoming projects, for contracts ranging from approximately $4,000 to $200,000. The application deadline is March 19, 2010. Friday, October 30th, 2009 Brief Encounter With Tony Taccone by Robert Simonson Playbill.com Tony Taccone photo by Kevin Berne Tony Taccone may very well be the most prominent artistic director in America right now. Taccone has, for 12 years, been the head of Berkeley Rep in California's Bay Area. Always a respected company, the theatre has in the last few years rocketed to the top of the regional heap, turning out nationally prominent productions at an impressive rate. Monday, December 21st, 2009 Berkeley Library & La Pena Art Exhibit The Berkeley Library & La Peña present the work of Claudio Talavera-Ballon. Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Mercurial Farid by Rachel Swan East Bay Express Playwright channels the spirit of Freddie Mercury at this week's Hecho en Califas Festival. Saturday, November 7th, 2009 A Lot to Love About 'Fat Pig' by Robert Hurwitt SF Chronicle This is LaBute at the best of his bad-boy sensitive mode. A provocative hit in New York in 2004... Barbara Damashek's Aurora staging is even richer, funnier and more disturbing. Damashek coaxes revelatory performances from a first-rate cast as she builds the action to an understated but affecting climax. Sunday, November 1st, 2009 Crowden School in Berkeley Receives $365,000 Grant East Bay Express The Crowden Music School in Berkeley received a $365,000 gift from Jacqueline Hoefer Trust to renovate concert hall. State-of-the-art performance and recording space to be named the Jacqueline and Peter Hoefer Auditorium at Crowden Music Center. http://www.crowden.org/About%20Us/PressReleases/HoeferPressRelease_FINAL .pdf Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Mayors of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Richmond Jointly Launch East Bay Cultural Corridor and 510Arts.com Portal Website The Mayors of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Richmond convened a news conference and series of public events today to announce the launch of a nationally unprecedented public/private/community partnership that shines the spotlight on the arts and culture as proven catalysts for urban development, economic vitality, quality of life and community sustainability. Mayors Tom Bates of Berkeley, Richard Kassis of Emeryville, Ron Dellums of Oakland (represented by Rebecca Kaplan, Councilmember-at-large, City of Oakland) and Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond together “flipped the switch” to launch the new portal website, 510Arts.com, that is the first pilot activity of the newly formed East Bay Cultural Corridor (EBCC). The day will culminate with public arts activities in the four partner cities that celebrate this forward-thinking arts and business alliance, which is designed to broaden awareness of the East Bay as one of the country’s most culturally rich and diverse arts regions. The 510Arts.com and EBCC launch coincide with the October 2 California Arts Day and National Arts & Humanities Month. Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Call to Artists: Oakland - BART 17th Street Gateway The Oakland Public Art Program and the Oakland Redevelopment Agency are seeking an artist to collaborate on the transformation of an existing, strategically located public transportation entrance site into a memorable, distinctive arts-centered gateway for Oakland’s re-emerging Uptown arts and entertainment district. The qualified applicant will have demonstrated experience working with a six- or seven-figure budget, as part of a design team, on integrated architectural design, and preferably with experience in the creation of light-based / new media art installations project costs, including the artist’s design fees, is $600,000. Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Statement of Operating Principles East Bay Cultural Cooridor We, the Mayors of the cities of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Richmond have come together to state our strong commitment to strengthening the regional economy through creating the East Bay Cultural Corridor (EBCC). The intention of the EBCC is to heighten awareness of our cultural landscape, deepen the impact of the arts on their cities, and further the sustainability of artists and arts organizations through arts marketing, economic development and cultural tourism. Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Four East Bay Cities Team Up In Nationally Unprecedented Arts Collaboration Mayors of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Richmond Jointly Launch East Bay Culture Corridor and 510Arts.com Website October 2. Public/Private/Community Partnership Shines Spotlight on Diversity, Quality, Volume and Accessibility of Arts in the East Bay as one of America’s Highest Per Capita Arts Regions. Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Berkeley's UC Theatre to become a concert venue by Carolyn Jones SF Chronicle There was a time when just about every refrigerator in Berkeley was affixed with a UC Theatre schedule. People went for the Swedish triple features, Hitchcock festivals and animation marathons. They donned wigs for Rocky Horror, brought umbrellas for "Singing in the Rain" and endured six-hour Samurai epics. Now, nine years after the theater closed, Berkeley's refrigerators may soon be adorned once more with UC Theatre schedules, as the historic theater is reborn as a premier East Bay nightclub. Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 The Birth of Green Day's "American Idiot" Musical by David Fricke Rolling Stone Magazine Billie Joe Armstrong and director Michael Mayer reveal the Broadway bonding behind the punk-rock opera. Thursday, March 5th, 2009 Mayor Bates Announces Public/Private Partnership for New Berkeley Film Foundation City of Berkeley, Wareham Development, The Saul Zaentz Company Berkeley Convention, and the Visitors Bureau Establish a $100,000 Fund for Local Independent Filmmakers Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Fall 2009 Emeryville City News and Activity Guide is Here! The first half of the City News and Activity Guide provides everyone with important news such as the Bay Bridge closure, Marina construction, or Center for Community Life updates. The second half of the production is Emeryville’s resource for recreational activities, senior services, child development programs, free special events and much more. Hard copies can be found at all City facilities, many commercial facilities, and distributed to the local schools. Friday, October 2nd, 2009 The City of Emeryville Bus Shelter Temporary Art Project The City of Emeryville launches its Bus Shelter Public Art Program during 510 Arts month. The project expands the reach of the City’s Art in Public Places Program to four bus shelters located throughout the city at 40th at Emery, Bay at Shellmound, Powell at Commodore and Hollis at 63rd Streets. Through a juried process, nine artists were chosen to exhibit images based on the theme of “flora and fauna,” a reference to the rich plants and wildlife that have been a part of the area over time. The selected artists and exhibition periods are, as follows: Nora Pauwels, October 2009-January 2010; Catherine Courtenaye, February 2010-May 2010; David D’Andrea, June-September 2010; Robert Ortbal, October 2010-January 2011; Lenore McDonald, February 2011-May 2011; Dean Hunsaker, June 2011-September 2011; Kevin Twomey, October 2011-January 2012; Laura Anderson, February 2012-May 2012; Shawna Peterson, June 2012-September 2012. Monday, June 16th, 2008 Artist's electrifying canvas in Emeryville by Charles Burress SF Chronicle It's getting harder to be noticed in the bulging, big tent of public art, but a project in tiny Emeryville (population 6,882) is causing heads to swivel. Friday, August 14th, 2009 Alan Osborne: Expressionist Enamel at The Richmond Art Center by Frank Cebulski SF Art Books Examiner Sculptor Alan Osborne’s more than 40 enamel paintings on bronze and copper at The Richmond Art Center are brightly colored abstractions that illustrate his skill as sculptor, printmaker and painter. Friday, June 5th, 2009 The Craneway Pavilion Announces July 3rd Independence Day Celebration Featuring the Oakland East Bay Symphony The Craneway Pavilion, inside the historic Ford Point Building on the waterfront in Richmond, will host a patriotic celebration for the whole family featuring live music, food and fireworks at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 3. Friday, August 28th, 2009 Richmond to celebrate 'grand re-opening' of Civic Center by Katherine Tam Contra Costa Times From the outside, Civic Center looks pretty much the same as it did when it opened in 1949. What's new is the fountain in the middle of the plaza. A fountain was in the original design renderings in the 1940s, said Steve Duran, community economic development director, but it was never built. Thursday, March 12th, 2009 When the Gallery Is a Classroom by Dorothy Spears New York Times At the Oakland Museum in California, for example, where the collection spans art, history, the natural sciences and other disciplines, educators are showing schoolchildren how objects on exhibit are connected to their lives. Saturday, August 1st, 2009 2010 Exhibition Proposals Pro Arts and Oakland Art Gallery are accepting proposals for group exhibitions. One proposal will be selected to be shown in the gallery during 2010. Participation is open to all artists and curators, of any age. Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Oakland Museum of CA Reinventing Visitor Experience $58 Million Campaign to Create Dynamic, Welcoming Exhibition Spaces New Art, History, and Natural Sciences Galleries Thursday, August 13th, 2009 Oakland Museum of California Awarded $3.1M in New Grants NEH, IMLS, Bechtel, James Irvine, and Kresge Foundations fund new models for visitor engagement and participation. Monday, August 24th, 2009 First Fridays and Oakland Art by Quinn Silberman SF Staycations Examiner For those of you that have not experienced an Oakland First Friday, you are in for a treat. It is an evening when Oakland comes alive, there are people in the street, the coffee is flowing, as is the wine and good spirits. All of this over gallery openings on the first Friday of every month. Monday, September 14th, 2009 Newhouse: Oakland artist hardly old at 79 by Dave Newhouse Oakland Tribune Columnist Jose Ramon Lerma, son of a tomato farmer, won his first artists prize at 8. He knew right then that he would never take over the farm. He needed to paint to escape that rural existence, and he needs to paint today to feel fulfilled, even though he's 79 and has led a full life. Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Art cart spotlights neighborhood's diversity by Kristin Bender The Oakland Tribune Twice a week for the past two months, artists Lisa Rasmussen and Lauren Odell Usher have pushed their big red art cart with its red-and-yellow umbrella to a different corner in the KoreaTown-Northgate district. The cart is stocked with paper, crayons, pens, paint and charcoal for making art. Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Oakland artists launch rocket at Burning Man by Sean Donnelly The Oakland Tribune The rumor at this year's Burning Man Festival was spreading. Was that 40-foot-tall rocket ship hailing from a West Oakland warehouse planted in the harsh desert soil going to launch? |