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The Cal Assessment Networt Presents: IDMG Summer School Kick-Off and Just the Facts - Creating a Catchy One-Pager

Presentation | June 1 | 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | 60 Barrows Hall

Featured Speaker: Erin Gore, Chair, Institutional Data Council and Associate Vice Chancellor-Chief Financial Officer, Budget Office

Speaker: Ram Kapoor, Executive Director, Digital Communications, Public Affairs

Sponsors: Center for Organizational and Workforce Effectiveness (COrWE), Institutional Data Council

Join Erin Gore as she kicks off "Summer School 2012", a 7-part series on tips, tools and techniques for organizing, analyzing and presenting information in support of the Institutional Data Management Initiative . Representatives of the three staff organizations hosting the series will provide an overview of the information to be presented in each session (see attached summary).

Ram Kapoor... More >

Berkeley Art Studio :: Summer Session: Classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photography

Course | May 20 – June 4, 2012 every day | 12-10 p.m. | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Summer 2012 art classes are now posted online and open for registration! The Berkeley Art Studio will now offer one Summer session that has been extended to 9-weeks. Register on our website today!

Target audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Open to audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Attendance restrictions: Please note: The Berkeley Art Studio is closed from July 1, 2012-July 7, 2012

Registration info: Register online.

Health*Matters Walking Group

Social Event | March 9 – December 31, 2012 every Monday, Wednesday & Friday with exceptions | 12:10 p.m. | Campanile (Sather Tower)

Sponsor: Health*Matters

The Walking Group meets every MWF, 12:10 pm, at the Campanile. Fit 30-40 minutes of walking into your work day for the benefits of social support, stress relief, and renewed energy. No enrollment required. Check the website for special events.

Open to audiences: Faculty, Staff

Optimal control problems for scalar conservation laws in one space dimension

Seminar | June 1 | 3-5 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall

Speaker: Adimurthi, TIFR Center for Applicable Mathematics, Bangalore

Sponsor: Department of Mathematics

Exhibits and ongoing events

Heart of the Campus: Doe Library 1912-2012

Exhibit - Artifacts | March 12 – August 24, 2012 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | Doe Library, Brown Gallery

Sponsor: Library

This exhibit of library history is held in conjunction with the centennial celebrations for Doe Library taking place this spring.

Dissolving Localities | Berkeley Jerusalem: A multimedia project by Emmanuel Witzthum

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 22 – July 4, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Speaker/Performer: Emmanuel Witzthum

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Department of Music

Dissolving Localities | Berkeley Jerusalem will extend Witzthum's recent project, where artists were invited to "perform" the city of Jerusalem as a musical/visual instrument. By interweaving recorded sights and sounds, they created an expanding open-source multimedia montage. During his residency in Berkeley, Witzthum will build an audiovisual dialogue between Jerusalem, his hometown, and... More >

All Hail to the Chief: A History of US Presidential Visits to Cal, 1891-2002

Exhibit - Artifacts | April 9 – November 30, 2012 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | Doe Library, Rowell Cases, 2nd Floor corridor between Doe Library and The Bancroft Library

Sponsor: Bancroft Library

Drawing on records and documents in the University Archives, this exhibition highlights campus visits by ten US Presidents.

Moffitt Library: Viewing the Past, Envisioning the Future

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 20 – August 17, 2012 every day with exceptions | Moffitt Undergraduate Library | Note change in date

Sponsor: Library

Spread out over three cases on the third floor of the Moffitt Library, this exhibit will provide an overview of the history of Moffitt Library as well as expound on plans for its future.

Photographs, books, newspaper articles, blueprints, and video will chronicle the personalities and events that shaped Moffitt Library from its inception in the 1950s to its prospective revitalization.

Attendance restrictions: Anyone wishing to enter Moffitt Library must show a current UC ID, UC Berkeley Library Borrower's Card, or Stanford ID.

Science On a Sphere®

Exhibit - Multimedia | May 4, 2012 – December 31, 2013 every day with exceptions | Lawrence Hall of Science

Explore extreme phenomena best seen on a globe, including a climate change model for the next 100 years, glacial ice formation, the spreading of the supercontinent Pangea into today's continents, and realtime earthquake locations.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

Gale Antokal: The Spill

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 22 – July 4, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Speaker/Performer: Gale Antokal

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Bancroft Library

Starting from drawings in her series, We Are So Lightly Here (2003-2006), Gale Antokal, a Berkeley based artist, has created an original video piece, to be projected on the lobby wall. This video correlates to Antokal's drawings of milk pouring down a staircase, originally made with pastel, graphite, ash and flour.

The Magnes Effect: Five Decades of Collecting

Exhibit - Artifacts | January 22 – August 10, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Bancroft Library

In its first five decades The Magnes has made a global impact on Jewish culture through pioneering collecting practices and communal activism. It incubated the first Jewish film festival in the world and inspired the international revival of Klezmer music. It established the model for the study of regional Jewish history in America, explored the visual and materials dimensions of Jewish life, and... More >

Desert Mazar: Sacred Sites in Western China

Exhibit - Photography | March 1 – June 1, 2012 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Buddhist Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Silk Road Initiative, Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

Wedged between the Mongol and Kazakh steppes, mainland China, and the high ranges of the Pamirs and Himalayas, the desert expanse of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has been a crossroads of languages, cultures and religions. Across the region, the spiritual landscape is marked by mazar, the Uighur term for tombs. Mazar may be as simple as a cave or flags secured to scraps of brush, but they... More >

A Place at the Table: A Gathering of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Text, Image, and Voice

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 5 – July 9, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Bancroft Library, Gallery

Sponsor: Bancroft Library

You have been invited to a grand party. Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are your hosts. Gathered in one room there are over 150 years of Americans who embody a rainbow of diversity, but have one thing in common--a non-normative sexual orientation.

Shedding Light on the Layers of a Lamp: Creation, Production, and Symbolism at Tell en-Nasbeh

Exhibit - Artifacts | March 21 – October 5, 2012 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Badè Museum Gallery, Holbrook Building, Pacific School of Religion

Location: 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709

Speaker/Performer: Aaron Brody, Director, Badè Museum Gallery

Sponsor: Badè Museum

An exhibit running from March 21, 2012 to Fall, 2012 at the Badè Museum Gallery. The museum gallery is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10am-3pm.

“A lamp is not merely that which gives light; it is the quintessence of cheer and security which, on a larger scale, the sun radiates upon the world”
~Smith, “The Household Lamp of Palestine in Old Testament Times,” 1964

The 42nd Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition

Exhibit - Multimedia | May 18 – June 8, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Be among the first to encounter the work of seven exceptional artists as they embark on their careers in the Forty-Second Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition. The artists work not only with the committed faculty of the Department of Art Practice, but also with curators, registrars, editors, visitor liaisons, security staff, education programmers,... More >

Tickets:FREE BAM/PFA Members and UC Berkeley, staff, students, and faculty, $7 non-UC Berkeley students, senior citizens (65 & over), disabled persons, young adults (13-17), $10 Adults (18-64)

The Reading Room

Reading - Literary | January 15, 2012 – March 17, 2013 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

The Reading Room is a temporary project dedicated to poetry and experimental fiction offering visitors the chance to take home a free book drawn from the overstock collections of several noted East Bay small presses, including Kelsey Street Press, Atelos Books, and Tuumba Press. Books and catalogs from Small Press Distribution will also be available. In turn, visitors are asked to replace that... More >

Tickets required:Free BAM/PFA Members UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, and retirees Children (12 & under), $10 Adults (18-64), $7 Non-UC Berkeley students Senior citizens (65 & over) Disabled persons Young adults (13-17)

Ticket info: Buy tickets by calling 510-642-0808.

Abstract Expressionisms: Paintings and Drawings from the Collection

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 18 – June 10, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Come spend some time with the work of seminal Abstract Expressionists this winter and spring at BAM/PFA. Forceful paintings by Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, William Baziotes, Asger Jorn, Philip Guston, and others hang in light-filled Gallery A, while Gallery C displays rarely seen works on paper by artists including Sam Francis, Mark Tobey, Antonio Saura, and Norman Bluhm.

State Of Mind: New California Art circa 1970

Exhibit - Multimedia | February 29 – June 17, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Have you ever heard the sound of ice melting? State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, part of Pacific Standard Time, offers an in-depth exploration of Conceptual art made by both Northern and Southern California artists during a pivotal period in contemporary art. The more than 150 works of art on display—many rarely seen or newly discovered—are organized by themes, such as the street, the... More >

Dana Davis: As Is: A Photography Exhibition

Exhibit - Photography | April 20 – June 4, 2012 every day | 12-10 p.m. | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Artist, and Berkeley Art Studio instructor, Dana Davis reveals his newest body of work: "As Is". Davis finds inspiration in discarded Barbie dolls found in thrift shops and photographed hanging in their bags; gestures cast in polyvinyl bags, heads down, eyes open, naked, mussed. The photographs engage the imagination, reflecting the familiar but also containing windows of ambiguity where... More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: Please note: The Berkeley Art Studio is closed from July 1, 2012-July 7, 2012

The National Cemetery of Finland in Photos: A Poignant Idyll

Exhibit - Photography | February 17 – June 4, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 1-4 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall

Speaker/Performer: Eric Kotila, Institute of European Studies

Sponsors: Institute of European Studies, Finnish Studies Program (FSP), Department of Scandinavian, Finlandia Foundation

Expansive Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki manages in microcosm to present the history of Finland in an aesthetically magical, symbolically rich environment.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

See. Do. Taste. Gala

Special Event | June 2 | Lawrence Hall of Science

Come celebrate with us while supporting science and math education in the Bay Area and beyond! The See. Do. Taste. 2012 Gala on June 2 will delight your senses. Featuring special guest Tony Hawk.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Cal Parents

Open to audience: All Audiences

Tickets required:$500 Single Tickets, $1000 Patron Tickets, $10,000+ Sponsor tables available at multiple giving levels

Ticket info: Tickets go on sale May 1. Buy tickets online, or by calling Susan Gregory at 510-642-1793, or by emailing Susan Gregory at sgregory@berkeley.edu.

Lacross "The Ancient Game" presentation: By Kevin Sandy, Member of Cayuga Nation, Wolf Clan, Six Nations of the Grand River, Canada

Presentation | June 2 | 10-10:45 a.m. | International House, 2nd Floor Dining Hall, Lacross clinic follows at nearby Maxwell Field 11am-4pm. Spectators welcome

Sponsor: International House

Lacrosse, the Ancient game
Join us for a presentation of Lacrosse, the “Medicine Game.” For over a millennium, the game was played by the Iroquois, the Indigenous People who resided in the area extending from Canada’s Ontario and Quebec and to upstate New York. Mr. Kevin Sandy, an Iroquois lacrosse player and the Director of the Iroquois Lacrosse Program in Canada, will present the cultural,... More >

Ingenuity Lab Monthly Challenge: June - Marble Machines

Workshop | June 2 – 30, 2012 every Sunday & Saturday | 12-4 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science

Build a winding marble track of tubes, funnels, and bumpers. Experiment by building the track higher, making the turns steeper, or adding a loop-the-loop.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

Berkeley Art Studio :: Summer Session: Classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photography

Course | May 20 – June 4, 2012 every day | 12-10 p.m. | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Summer 2012 art classes are now posted online and open for registration! The Berkeley Art Studio will now offer one Summer session that has been extended to 9-weeks. Register on our website today!

Target audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Open to audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Attendance restrictions: Please note: The Berkeley Art Studio is closed from July 1, 2012-July 7, 2012

Registration info: Register online.

Sponsor: Uc Berkeley Office of Community Relations, Amoeba Music, Ashkenaz Community & Dance Center, Berkeley Art Commission, City of Berkeley, East Bay Express, UC People’s Park, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives, KPFA, Pagan Alliance

Berkeley World Music Festival and Concert

Performing Arts - Music | June 2 | 12-6 p.m. | People's Park

Location: Between Dwight Way and Haste St. above Telegraph, Berkeley, CA

Featured Performer: Maria Muldaur with Bluesiana Band (Blues, R & B, + Funk),

Performer: Fito Reinoso with Ritmo y Armonia

The 9th Annual Berkeley World Music Festival showcases Bay Area’s
finest world music artist in continuous performances Noon – 9 pm
outdoors in Telegraph Avenue cafes near UC campus. The featured
People’s Park concert presents six-time Grammy nominee Maria Muldaur
with Bluesiana Band (Blues, R & B, + Funk), Bay Area’s premiere Band
leader Fito Reinoso with Ritmo y Armonia and ... More >

Flying High—1:00 p.m.: Planetarium Program

Presentation | February 4 – June 3, 2012 every Sunday & Saturday with exceptions | 1-1:45 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Planetarium

Take an imaginary trip into space. Start the excursion by speeding through a whole day in our planetarium "time machine" and then identifying the Big Dipper. Take off with the launch of a spaceship and learn how things move in space, how astronauts eat food in a weightless environment, and how satellites are put into orbit. Don’t worry, you’ll return safe and sound!

Tickets required:$4

Ticket info: Tickets are sold at the Visitor Services Desk on a first-come, first-served basis. Everyone must have their own ticket. Planetarium Passes must be exchanged at the Visitor Services Desk for tickets.

Tony Hawk Premiere Event

Special Event | June 2 | 1 p.m. | Plaza Lawrence Hall of Science | Tickets sold out

See Tony Hawk, along with other professional skateboarders, perform an exciting demonstration on a specially designed vertical skate ramp set up just outside the Hall. UC Berkeley physics professor Joel Fajans will provide insights into how physics is being applied. Get ready for a totally awesome day!

Space is limited. Buy tickets online today at lawrencehallofscience.org/radscience

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Cal Parents

Open to audience: All Audiences

Tickets:$7 Hall members, UC Berkeley Faculty/Staff/Students, $20 General public

Ticket info: Sold out. Event tickets are requred to view the demonstration. Event tickets include admission to the museum.Sold Out Buy tickets online, or by calling 510-642-5132.

Docent Tour

Tour/Open House | February 12, 2011 – December 28, 2013 every Saturday with exceptions | 1:30 p.m. | Botanical Garden

Sponsor: Botanical Garden

With paid admission, we offer free docent-led tours year-round on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 PM.

Plants of the World - General Tour of the Garden
Explore the Garden’s incredible diversity of plants from six continents, including environments as diverse as deserts, tropical forests, redwood forests, and wetlands.

Makin' Mead

Workshop | June 2 | 2-4 p.m. | Botanical Garden

Sponsor: Botanical Garden

Join the Garden and Robert MacKimmie of City Bees as we turn honey into wine! Participants will mix their gallon of mead under Robert's ever-watchful eye, ensuring delicious results. The class will also present more advanced recipes for cyser (apple and honey wine) and melomel (fruit and honey). There will be plenty of samples to try, and everyone will go home with recipes, as well as a gallon... More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Registration required:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!

Registration info: Register online, or by calling 510-643-2755, or by emailing garden@berkeley.edu.

Transit of Venus—3:00 p.m.: Planetarium Program

Presentation | February 4 – June 3, 2012 every Sunday & Saturday with exceptions | 3-3:45 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Planetarium

On June 5, 2012, Venus will pass directly in front of the Sun—an event so rare, no human alive today will witness it again! Learn how studying transits taught us exactly how big our Solar System is, and how they may be the key to discovering other “Earths” in other star systems!

Tickets required:$4

Exhibits and ongoing events

Moffitt Library: Viewing the Past, Envisioning the Future

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 20 – August 17, 2012 every day with exceptions | Moffitt Undergraduate Library | Note change in date

Sponsor: Library

Attendance restrictions: Anyone wishing to enter Moffitt Library must show a current UC ID, UC Berkeley Library Borrower's Card, or Stanford ID.

The Magnes Effect: Five Decades of Collecting

Exhibit - Artifacts | January 22 – August 10, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Bancroft Library

Science On a Sphere®

Exhibit - Multimedia | May 4, 2012 – December 31, 2013 every day with exceptions | Lawrence Hall of Science

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

Gale Antokal: The Spill

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 22 – July 4, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Speaker/Performer: Gale Antokal

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Bancroft Library

Dissolving Localities | Berkeley Jerusalem: A multimedia project by Emmanuel Witzthum

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 22 – July 4, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Speaker/Performer: Emmanuel Witzthum

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Department of Music

Tony Hawk Rad Science

Exhibit - Multimedia | June 2 – September 3, 2012 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Exhibit floor

Learn the science behind extreme sports at Tony Hawk | Rad Science and see how skateboard legend Tony Hawk joins forces with physics to make 900-degree revolutions in midair, ride up vertical walls, and fly over rails.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Attendance restrictions: Museum admission required

The 42nd Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition

Exhibit - Multimedia | May 18 – June 8, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Tickets:FREE BAM/PFA Members and UC Berkeley, staff, students, and faculty, $7 non-UC Berkeley students, senior citizens (65 & over), disabled persons, young adults (13-17), $10 Adults (18-64)

Abstract Expressionisms: Paintings and Drawings from the Collection

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 18 – June 10, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

State Of Mind: New California Art circa 1970

Exhibit - Multimedia | February 29 – June 17, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

The Reading Room

Reading - Literary | January 15, 2012 – March 17, 2013 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Ticket info: Buy tickets by calling 510-642-0808.

Dana Davis: As Is: A Photography Exhibition

Exhibit - Photography | April 20 – June 4, 2012 every day | 12-10 p.m. | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: Please note: The Berkeley Art Studio is closed from July 1, 2012-July 7, 2012

Constellations Tonight—2:00 p.m.: Planetarium Program

Presentation | February 4 – August 26, 2012 every day with exceptions | 2-2:45 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Planetarium

The lore of the stars and other treasures of the sky come to Earth in our planetarium. Using a simple star map, learn to identify the most prominent constellations of the season in the planetarium sky. Keep your map to help you find the constellations in the real nighttime sky.

Tickets required:$4

Sunday, June 3, 2012

New Members' Welcome Wagon

Social Event | June 3 | 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | Botanical Garden

Sponsor: Botanical Garden

We’re rolling out the Welcome Wagon to greet all our newest members and everyone that has joined the Garden over the past year. As a thank-you for joining the Garden family we are officially celebrating your contribution. New members are invited to join us at 9:30 am for a “meet & greet” and morning treats, followed by a introduction from Garden Director, Paul Licht at 10 am. At 11 am we'll take... More >

Attendance restrictions: Members only.

Ingenuity Lab Monthly Challenge: June - Marble Machines

Workshop | June 2 – 30, 2012 every Sunday & Saturday | 12-4 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science

Build a winding marble track of tubes, funnels, and bumpers. Experiment by building the track higher, making the turns steeper, or adding a loop-the-loop.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

Berkeley Art Studio :: Summer Session: Classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photography

Course | May 20 – June 4, 2012 every day | 12-10 p.m. | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Summer 2012 art classes are now posted online and open for registration! The Berkeley Art Studio will now offer one Summer session that has been extended to 9-weeks. Register on our website today!

Target audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Open to audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Attendance restrictions: Please note: The Berkeley Art Studio is closed from July 1, 2012-July 7, 2012

Registration info: Register online.

Flying High—1:00 p.m.: Planetarium Program

Presentation | February 4 – June 3, 2012 every Sunday & Saturday with exceptions | 1-1:45 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Planetarium

Tickets required:$4

Docent Tour

Tour/Open House | February 6, 2011 – December 29, 2013 every Sunday with exceptions | 1:30 p.m. | Botanical Garden

Sponsor: Botanical Garden

Cal Discoveries Travel Reception and 2013 Program Preview

Reception | June 3 | 2:30-4:30 p.m. | Alumni House

Sponsor: Cal Alumni Association

Join Cal Discoveries and our tour operator partners for light refreshments and wine at our annual reception as we unveil our educational travel offerings for 2013. You will have an opportunity to discuss trips with the people who plan the itineraries as well as visit with some of our most esteemed faculty lecturers.

RSVP required

RSVP info: RSVP by May 25 online, or by calling Joanna Aguiar at 510-642-3717, or by emailing Joanna Aguiar at caldiscoveries@alumni.berkeley.edu.

San Francisco Opera Orchestra: Nicola Luisotti, conductor, Amit Peled, cello

Performing Arts - Music | June 3 | 3 p.m. | Zellerbach Hall

Sponsor: Cal Performances

Two rare opportunities to hear the distinguished San Francisco Opera Orchestra shine in symphonic repertoire—including a thrilling all-Beethoven program—under the direction of its extraordinary music director. Italian conductor Nicola Luisotti, also principal guest conductor of the Tokyo Symphony, made his international debut in 2002 and his career trajectory since then can only be described as... More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Transit of Venus—3:00 p.m.: Planetarium Program

Presentation | February 4 – June 3, 2012 every Sunday & Saturday with exceptions | 3-3:45 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Planetarium

Tickets required:$4

Exhibits and ongoing events

All Hail to the Chief: A History of US Presidential Visits to Cal, 1891-2002

Sponsor: Bancroft Library

Drawing on records and documents in the University Archives, this exhibition highlights campus visits by ten US Presidents.

Moffitt Library: Viewing the Past, Envisioning the Future

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 20 – August 17, 2012 every day with exceptions | Moffitt Undergraduate Library | Note change in date

Sponsor: Library

Attendance restrictions: Anyone wishing to enter Moffitt Library must show a current UC ID, UC Berkeley Library Borrower's Card, or Stanford ID.

Heart of the Campus: Doe Library 1912-2012

Exhibit - Artifacts | March 12 – August 24, 2012 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | Doe Library, Brown Gallery

Sponsor: Library

This exhibit of library history is held in conjunction with the centennial celebrations for Doe Library taking place this spring.

The Magnes Effect: Five Decades of Collecting

Exhibit - Artifacts | January 22 – August 10, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Bancroft Library

Gale Antokal: The Spill

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 22 – July 4, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Speaker/Performer: Gale Antokal

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Bancroft Library

Dissolving Localities | Berkeley Jerusalem: A multimedia project by Emmanuel Witzthum

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 22 – July 4, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Speaker/Performer: Emmanuel Witzthum

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Department of Music

Science On a Sphere®

Exhibit - Multimedia | May 4, 2012 – December 31, 2013 every day with exceptions | Lawrence Hall of Science

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

Tony Hawk Rad Science

Exhibit - Multimedia | June 2 – September 3, 2012 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Exhibit floor

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Attendance restrictions: Museum admission required

The Reading Room

Reading - Literary | January 15, 2012 – March 17, 2013 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Ticket info: Buy tickets by calling 510-642-0808.

State Of Mind: New California Art circa 1970

Exhibit - Multimedia | February 29 – June 17, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Abstract Expressionisms: Paintings and Drawings from the Collection

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 18 – June 10, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

The 42nd Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition

Exhibit - Multimedia | May 18 – June 8, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Tickets:FREE BAM/PFA Members and UC Berkeley, staff, students, and faculty, $7 non-UC Berkeley students, senior citizens (65 & over), disabled persons, young adults (13-17), $10 Adults (18-64)

Dana Davis: As Is: A Photography Exhibition

Exhibit - Photography | April 20 – June 4, 2012 every day | 12-10 p.m. | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: Please note: The Berkeley Art Studio is closed from July 1, 2012-July 7, 2012

Constellations Tonight—2:00 p.m.: Planetarium Program

Presentation | February 4 – August 26, 2012 every day with exceptions | 2-2:45 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Planetarium

Tickets required:$4

Monday, June 4, 2012

2012 Quantum Effects in Biological Systems

Workshop | June 4 | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. | Stanley Hall

Organizer: K. Birgitta Whaley, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Organizer: Mohan Sarovar, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore

Sponsor: Department of Chemistry

The fourth in the annual "Quantum Effects in Biological Systems" workshops, this meeting will cover the latest developments in the inter-disciplinary field studying quantum mechanical effects in biological and chemical structures central to life. This year's workshop will be a three-day meeting with invited presentations, contributed presentations and a poster session covering a variety of topics... More >

Transition Services Program: Orientation

Workshop | June 4 | 12-1 p.m. | Chase Bank Building, Suite 750

Location: 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704

Sponsor: Human Resources

An overview of how to get the most from the Transition series, recommended participation and additional services.

Enrollment recommended

Enrollment info: Enrollment opens January 2. Enroll by June 30 by calling Linda Lundberg at 510-642-1621, or by emailing Linda Lundberg at transitions@berkeley.edu.

Berkeley Art Studio :: Summer Session: Classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photography

Course | May 20 – June 4, 2012 every day | 12-10 p.m. | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Summer 2012 art classes are now posted online and open for registration! The Berkeley Art Studio will now offer one Summer session that has been extended to 9-weeks. Register on our website today!

Target audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Open to audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Attendance restrictions: Please note: The Berkeley Art Studio is closed from July 1, 2012-July 7, 2012

Registration info: Register online.

Health*Matters Walking Group

Social Event | March 9 – December 31, 2012 every Monday, Wednesday & Friday with exceptions | 12:10 p.m. | Campanile (Sather Tower)

Sponsor: Health*Matters

Open to audiences: Faculty, Staff

Exhibits and ongoing events

All Hail to the Chief: A History of US Presidential Visits to Cal, 1891-2002

Sponsor: Bancroft Library

Drawing on records and documents in the University Archives, this exhibition highlights campus visits by ten US Presidents.

Science On a Sphere®

Exhibit - Multimedia | May 4, 2012 – December 31, 2013 every day with exceptions | Lawrence Hall of Science

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

Heart of the Campus: Doe Library 1912-2012

Exhibit - Artifacts | March 12 – August 24, 2012 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | Doe Library, Brown Gallery

Sponsor: Library

This exhibit of library history is held in conjunction with the centennial celebrations for Doe Library taking place this spring.

Moffitt Library: Viewing the Past, Envisioning the Future

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 20 – August 17, 2012 every day with exceptions | Moffitt Undergraduate Library | Note change in date

Sponsor: Library

Attendance restrictions: Anyone wishing to enter Moffitt Library must show a current UC ID, UC Berkeley Library Borrower's Card, or Stanford ID.

A Place at the Table: A Gathering of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Text, Image, and Voice

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 5 – July 9, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Bancroft Library, Gallery

Sponsor: Bancroft Library

Tony Hawk Rad Science

Exhibit - Multimedia | June 2 – September 3, 2012 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Exhibit floor

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Attendance restrictions: Museum admission required

Dana Davis: As Is: A Photography Exhibition

Exhibit - Photography | April 20 – June 4, 2012 every day | 12-10 p.m. | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: Please note: The Berkeley Art Studio is closed from July 1, 2012-July 7, 2012

The National Cemetery of Finland in Photos: A Poignant Idyll

Exhibit - Photography | February 17 – June 4, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 1-4 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall

Speaker/Performer: Eric Kotila, Institute of European Studies

Sponsors: Institute of European Studies, Finnish Studies Program (FSP), Department of Scandinavian, Finlandia Foundation

Expansive Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki manages in microcosm to present the history of Finland in an aesthetically magical, symbolically rich environment.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Beyond Lithium Ion: 5th Symposium on Scalable Energy Storage

Conference/Symposium | June 5 – 7, 2012 every day | Claremont Hotel

Location: 41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley, CA

Berkeley Lab will host "Beyond Lithium Ion: 5th Annual Symposium on Scalable Energy Storage" at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, June 5 through 7. This unique forum will focus on the future of energy storage technologies for transportation applications and breakthroughs in scalable energy storage "beyond lithium-ion" and is organized by four national labs along with IBM Research. Speakers include... More >

Registration required

Registration info: Register online.

2012 Quantum Effects in Biological Systems

Workshop | June 5 | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. | Stanley Hall

Organizer: K. Birgitta Whaley, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Organizer: Mohan Sarovar, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore

Sponsor: Department of Chemistry

Assessing Personality Type and Your Career with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator* (BECAR102)

Workshop | June 5 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Section Club

Speaker/Performer: TBA, University Health Services

Sponsor: Tang Center (University Health Services)

The Myers- Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) can help you understand your preferred work style and how it relates to specific careers and work roles.

Target audiences: Faculty, Staff

Open to audiences: Faculty, Staff

Enrollment required

Enrollment info: Search for BECAR102 in the Blu Portal under UCB Learning Center (left column). Enroll online.

Meditation Group

Miscellaneous | October 25, 2011 – December 25, 2012 every Tuesday | 12:10-12:50 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Health Promotion Conf. Rm 2nd fl

Sponsor: Tang Center (University Health Services)

Please join us for a free midweek meditation session with a short reading followed by 30 minutes of silent meditation.

Beginners welcome!

Knitting at Noon - Cancelled for Spring 2012

Miscellaneous | March 15, 2011 – June 26, 2012 every Tuesday with exceptions | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Free Speech Movement Café (Moffitt Library), Outside tables at Free Speech Movement Cafe | Canceled

Sponsor: Jill Marchant

This event has been canceled for Spring 2012.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Scholar Information Meetings (SIMs)

Orientation | June 5 | 2-4 p.m. | International House, Sproul Room

Sponsor: Berkeley International Office(BIO))

Newly arrived J-1 postdocs, professors, researchers,short-term scholars, and visiting student researchers are required to attend this meeting to validate their arrival in the U.S. Information on immigration regulations, travel, employment, resources for families, health insurance and other practical information will be discussed.

Your final immigration document review will be completed at the... More >

Transit of Venus

Special Event | June 5 | 2:30-8:30 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science

Venus passes (or transits) directly in front of the sun for only the second and the last time this century. Come and safely witness this awesome transit through solar telescopes on our Plaza. Learn more with the Planetarium demonstrations and activity stations.

Plaza observation: Free
Indoor activities after... More >

LSD Seminar: Priscilla Cooper: Novel Intersections of DNA Repair with Replication and Transcription in Mammalian Cells

Seminar | June 5 | 4-5 p.m. | 141 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Location: 717 Potter Street, Berkeley, CA 94720

Speaker/Performer: Priscilla Cooper, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Our genomes are constantly subject to attack by both environmental and endogenously generated agents that damage the DNA. The vital DNA transaction processes of replication and transcription are highly sensitive to genomic perturbations. Depending on the cell/tissue context, unrepaired DNA damage can cause mutations, genomic instability, cellular senescence, or apoptosis, resulting in cancer... More >

Novel Intersections of DNA Repair with Replication and Transcription in Mammalian Cells

Seminar | June 5 | 4-5 p.m. | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 717 Potter St. Bldg 977 Rm 141

Speaker: Priscilla Cooper, Life Sciences Division

Microbial Biology Graduate Student Group Meeting

Meeting | April 3 – June 5, 2012 the first Tuesday of the month every month | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Koshland Hall

Sponsor: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

Certificate and Programs in the Life Sciences Industry

Information Session | June 5 | 6-8 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center)

Sponsor: UC Berkeley Extension

Learn about the wide variety of biotechnology programs at UC Berkeley Extension at this free, no-obligation event. Meet instructors, and ask questions about how these programs can help your career.

Enrollment required: Free

Enrollment info: EDP 404111. Enroll online.

Exhibits and ongoing events

Science On a Sphere®

Exhibit - Multimedia | May 4, 2012 – December 31, 2013 every day with exceptions | Lawrence Hall of Science

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

Heart of the Campus: Doe Library 1912-2012

Exhibit - Artifacts | March 12 – August 24, 2012 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | Doe Library, Brown Gallery

Sponsor: Library

This exhibit of library history is held in conjunction with the centennial celebrations for Doe Library taking place this spring.

All Hail to the Chief: A History of US Presidential Visits to Cal, 1891-2002

Sponsor: Bancroft Library

Drawing on records and documents in the University Archives, this exhibition highlights campus visits by ten US Presidents.

Moffitt Library: Viewing the Past, Envisioning the Future

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 20 – August 17, 2012 every day with exceptions | Moffitt Undergraduate Library | Note change in date

Sponsor: Library

Attendance restrictions: Anyone wishing to enter Moffitt Library must show a current UC ID, UC Berkeley Library Borrower's Card, or Stanford ID.

Tony Hawk Rad Science

Exhibit - Multimedia | June 2 – September 3, 2012 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Exhibit floor

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Attendance restrictions: Museum admission required

Shedding Light on the Layers of a Lamp: Creation, Production, and Symbolism at Tell en-Nasbeh

Exhibit - Artifacts | March 21 – October 5, 2012 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Badè Museum Gallery, Holbrook Building, Pacific School of Religion

Location: 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709

Speaker/Performer: Aaron Brody, Director, Badè Museum Gallery

Sponsor: Badè Museum

A Place at the Table: A Gathering of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Text, Image, and Voice

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 5 – July 9, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Bancroft Library, Gallery

Sponsor: Bancroft Library

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Beyond Lithium Ion: 5th Symposium on Scalable Energy Storage

Conference/Symposium | June 5 – 7, 2012 every day | Claremont Hotel

Location: 41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley, CA

Registration required

Registration info: Register online.

2012 Quantum Effects in Biological Systems

Workshop | June 6 | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. | Stanley Hall

Organizer: K. Birgitta Whaley, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Organizer: Mohan Sarovar, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore

Sponsor: Department of Chemistry

Health*Matters Walking Group

Social Event | March 9 – December 31, 2012 every Monday, Wednesday & Friday with exceptions | 12:10 p.m. | Campanile (Sather Tower)

Sponsor: Health*Matters

Open to audiences: Faculty, Staff

Exhibits and ongoing events

All Hail to the Chief: A History of US Presidential Visits to Cal, 1891-2002

Sponsor: Bancroft Library

Drawing on records and documents in the University Archives, this exhibition highlights campus visits by ten US Presidents.

Heart of the Campus: Doe Library 1912-2012

Exhibit - Artifacts | March 12 – August 24, 2012 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | Doe Library, Brown Gallery

Sponsor: Library

This exhibit of library history is held in conjunction with the centennial celebrations for Doe Library taking place this spring.

Science On a Sphere®

Exhibit - Multimedia | May 4, 2012 – December 31, 2013 every day with exceptions | Lawrence Hall of Science

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

Dissolving Localities | Berkeley Jerusalem: A multimedia project by Emmanuel Witzthum

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 22 – July 4, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Speaker/Performer: Emmanuel Witzthum

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Department of Music

Gale Antokal: The Spill

Exhibit - Multimedia | January 22 – July 4, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Speaker/Performer: Gale Antokal

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Bancroft Library

Moffitt Library: Viewing the Past, Envisioning the Future

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 20 – August 17, 2012 every day with exceptions | Moffitt Undergraduate Library | Note change in date

Sponsor: Library

Attendance restrictions: Anyone wishing to enter Moffitt Library must show a current UC ID, UC Berkeley Library Borrower's Card, or Stanford ID.

The Magnes Effect: Five Decades of Collecting

Exhibit - Artifacts | January 22 – August 10, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)

Sponsors: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Bancroft Library

A Place at the Table: A Gathering of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Text, Image, and Voice

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 5 – July 9, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Bancroft Library, Gallery

Sponsor: Bancroft Library

Tony Hawk Rad Science

Exhibit - Multimedia | June 2 – September 3, 2012 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science, Exhibit floor

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Attendance restrictions: Museum admission required

Shedding Light on the Layers of a Lamp: Creation, Production, and Symbolism at Tell en-Nasbeh

Exhibit - Artifacts | March 21 – October 5, 2012 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Badè Museum Gallery, Holbrook Building, Pacific School of Religion

Location: 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709

Speaker/Performer: Aaron Brody, Director, Badè Museum Gallery

Sponsor: Badè Museum

State Of Mind: New California Art circa 1970

Exhibit - Multimedia | February 29 – June 17, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

The 42nd Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition

Exhibit - Multimedia | May 18 – June 8, 2012 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Tickets:FREE BAM/PFA Members and UC Berkeley, staff, students, and faculty, $7 non-UC Berkeley students, senior citizens (65 & over), disabled persons, young adults (13-17), $10 Adults (18-64)

The Reading Room

Reading - Literary | January 15, 2012 – March 17, 2013 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Ticket info: Buy tickets by calling 510-642-0808.