All events
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Design and Diversity Exhibition
Miscellaneous | June 1 – September 7, 2017 every day | Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
This exhibit of original materials from the Environmental Design Archives showcases a nexus of design and diversity.
Garden Closed
Holiday | November 4, 2014 – December 5, 2017 the first Tuesday of the month every month | UC Botanical Garden
The garden is closed the first Tuesday of every month.
-Why is the Garden Closed one day a month?
For the safety of the public and the safety of the collection, the Garden’s Horticultural staff need one day per month to complete jobs that may pose safety risks to visitors, such as dropping tree limbs, renovating paths, or controlling pests.
-I’m only in Berkeley for one day from somewhere... More >
San Francisco Young Writer's Camp
Workshop | July 24 – August 11, 2017 every day | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | St. Ignatius Prep
Bay Area Writing Project
Sponsored by the Bay Area Writing Project of UC Berkeley, the camps offer kids a unique opportunity to develop their creative abilities and writing talents. In a relaxed campatmosphere, campers will receive specific writing instruction and conference individually with staff to build and reinforce their writing skills. The camps are for students who like to write! They are not remedial writing... More >
Summer at the Hall
Social Event | June 10 – September 10, 2017 every day with exceptions | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
Visit the Hall and explore all of our most popular exhibits and STEM activities every day this summer, including our newest featured exhibit, Going Places. Plus, join us every Sunday to discover new and unique ways to engage with science.
$12.00 Adult, $10.00 Children 3–18, Seniors 62+, Free Members, children age 2 and under, UC Berkeley students and staff.
Tell Your Own Story: Creative Writing 101
Course | July 24 – August 4, 2017 every day | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | 242 Dwinelle Hall
Bay Area Writing Project
Do you have stories to tell? Characters in your head? A notebook full of scenes? This summer, join other creative writers in reading short stories and creative nonfiction that break the rules, and discover how to write your own story.
During this course you’ll have the opportunity to hack the techniques published writers use to tell their stories, like building unforgettable characters,... More >
Failure 101 with the Stanford Resilience Project
Workshop | August 1 | 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium
Adina Glickman and Alice Petty
Join us for a special learning program with Adina Glickman, Director of Stanford University’s Resilience Project and Alice Petty, Director of Pre-major Advising on the importance of failure and setbacks to learning, growth and discovery.
Failure 101 with the Stanford Resilience Project
Workshop | August 1 | 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium
Adina Glickman and Alice Petty, Stanford University
Join us for a special learning program with Adina Glickman, Director of Stanford University’s Resilience Project and Alice Petty, Director of Pre-major Advising on the importance of failure and setbacks to learning, growth and discovery. This program is open to all staff who work with students or who have an interest in helping others through difficult times.
EPMS Weekly Seminar
Seminar | November 1, 2016 – December 5, 2017 every Tuesday | 5:10-6 p.m. | 212 O'Brien Hall
Engineering and Project Management Society
Each week the Engineering and Project Management Society brings in a speaker to talk about topics related to construction and project management. Light refreshments will be provided.
Event is ADA accessible. For disability accommodation requests and information, please contact Disability Access Services by phone at 510.643.6456 (voice) or 510.642.6376 (TTY) or by email at... More >
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Free Wednesday at the Garden
Special Event | January 4 – December 6, 2017 the first Wednesday of the month every month with exceptions | UC Botanical Garden
Every first Wednesday at the Garden is free admission day.
Design and Diversity Exhibition
Miscellaneous | June 1 – September 7, 2017 every day | Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
This exhibit of original materials from the Environmental Design Archives showcases a nexus of design and diversity.
San Francisco Young Writer's Camp
Workshop | July 24 – August 11, 2017 every day | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | St. Ignatius Prep
Bay Area Writing Project
Sponsored by the Bay Area Writing Project of UC Berkeley, the camps offer kids a unique opportunity to develop their creative abilities and writing talents. In a relaxed campatmosphere, campers will receive specific writing instruction and conference individually with staff to build and reinforce their writing skills. The camps are for students who like to write! They are not remedial writing... More >
Summer at the Hall
Social Event | June 10 – September 10, 2017 every day with exceptions | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
Visit the Hall and explore all of our most popular exhibits and STEM activities every day this summer, including our newest featured exhibit, Going Places. Plus, join us every Sunday to discover new and unique ways to engage with science.
$12.00 Adult, $10.00 Children 3–18, Seniors 62+, Free Members, children age 2 and under, UC Berkeley students and staff.
Tell Your Own Story: Creative Writing 101
Course | July 24 – August 4, 2017 every day | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | 242 Dwinelle Hall
Bay Area Writing Project
Do you have stories to tell? Characters in your head? A notebook full of scenes? This summer, join other creative writers in reading short stories and creative nonfiction that break the rules, and discover how to write your own story.
During this course you’ll have the opportunity to hack the techniques published writers use to tell their stories, like building unforgettable characters,... More >
Discovery Station: Jr. Docents
Tour/Open House | August 2 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Discover some of the fascinating plants and animals in the UC Botanical Garden collection through the lens of our young budding botanists from our Green Stuff science camp at their interactive Discovery Stations. Free!
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | February 1, 2017 – December 5, 2018 the first Wednesday of the month every month with exceptions | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for a free, docent-led tour of the Garden as we explore interesting plant species, learn about the vast collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission
Advanced registration not required
Tours may be cancelled without notice.
For day-of inquiries, please call 510-643-2755
For tour questions, please email gardentours@berkeley.edu... More >
Bending the Arc
Film - Documentary | August 2 | 3:45-7 p.m. | Albany Twin
1115 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94706
Pedro Kos, Filmmaker, Global Oneness Project
Kief Davidson, Filmmaker, Park Pictures
Public Health, School of, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Thirty years ago, a group of young, enthusiastic, and caring friends came together with a goal that was both simple and complex: to provide health care for all, particularly the poor in the developing world. This inspiring documentary charts the success of Partners in Health, an NGO which builds hospitals and delivers health care throughout the world as they work to bend the arc toward justice.
$15
Tickets go on sale June 20. Buy tickets online or by calling 415-621-0556
Toastmasters on Campus Club: Learn public speaking
Meeting | July 2, 2014 – December 26, 2018 every Wednesday | 6:15-7:30 p.m. | 3119 Etcheverry Hall
Toastmasters has been the world leader in teaching public speaking since 1924. Meetings are an enjoyable, safe, self-paced course designed to get you up and running as a speaker in only a few months.
Yojimbo
Film - Feature | August 2 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
In one of his best-known roles, Toshiro Mifune plays the boisterous, bullying, amoral ronin (masterless samurai) who calls himself simply Sanjuro (“Thirty Years Old”). When Sanjuro wanders into a town terrorized by an ongoing war between two factions, he decides to make a fistful of ryo—and have a little fun—by cleaning up the place.... More >
Science Cafe - Spin and the Quantum Rules for Apartment Rentals
Presentation | August 2 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Restaurant Valparaiso
1403 Solano Ave , Albany, CA 94706
Dr. Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Almost all elementary particles act as if they are spinning. Scientists once believed that this spin would always be 0, 1, 2… measured in the units of quantum mechanics. Yet the spin of electrons turned out to be ½. Moreover, particles with spin ½ can’t really share space with each other. This fact shapes the entire physical world.
What’s in a spin ½? Picture the locations available to... More >
Spin!
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Design and Diversity Exhibition
Miscellaneous | June 1 – September 7, 2017 every day | Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
This exhibit of original materials from the Environmental Design Archives showcases a nexus of design and diversity.
Berkeley Communicators Toastmasters Club: To Gain Confidence and Find Your Voice
Meeting | December 1, 2016 – December 7, 2017 the first Thursday of the month every month | 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Au Coquelet Cafe, (backroom)
2000 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Communicators Toastmasters Club
Find out how to improve your public speaking skills and build confidence through the Toastmaster.
If you have wanted to improve your communication skills, practice public speaking and leadership, but find it difficult to do on your own, this is the place for you.
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Thursday 7:30am - 8:30am every month
Free street parking and close to Downtown Berkeley BART
San Francisco Young Writer's Camp
Workshop | July 24 – August 11, 2017 every day | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | St. Ignatius Prep
Bay Area Writing Project
Sponsored by the Bay Area Writing Project of UC Berkeley, the camps offer kids a unique opportunity to develop their creative abilities and writing talents. In a relaxed campatmosphere, campers will receive specific writing instruction and conference individually with staff to build and reinforce their writing skills. The camps are for students who like to write! They are not remedial writing... More >
Summer at the Hall
Social Event | June 10 – September 10, 2017 every day with exceptions | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
Visit the Hall and explore all of our most popular exhibits and STEM activities every day this summer, including our newest featured exhibit, Going Places. Plus, join us every Sunday to discover new and unique ways to engage with science.
$12.00 Adult, $10.00 Children 3–18, Seniors 62+, Free Members, children age 2 and under, UC Berkeley students and staff.
Tell Your Own Story: Creative Writing 101
Course | July 24 – August 4, 2017 every day | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | 242 Dwinelle Hall
Bay Area Writing Project
Do you have stories to tell? Characters in your head? A notebook full of scenes? This summer, join other creative writers in reading short stories and creative nonfiction that break the rules, and discover how to write your own story.
During this course you’ll have the opportunity to hack the techniques published writers use to tell their stories, like building unforgettable characters,... More >
Free First Thursday at BAMPFA
Special Event | February 2 – December 7, 2017 the first Thursday of the month every month | 11 a.m.-7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
First Thursdays are a great time to visit BAMPFA. The galleries are free all day and we offer guided exhibition tours.
free admission to the galleries
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 6, 2017 – January 4, 2019 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for a free, docent-led tour of the Garden as we explore interesting plant species, learn about the vast collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission
Advanced registration not required
Tours may be cancelled without notice.
For day-of inquiries, please call 510-643-2755
For tour questions, please email gardentours@berkeley.edu... More >
Concerts in the Redwood Grove: Indianna Hale + Ash Reiter + Megan Keely
Performing Arts - Music | August 3 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden, Redwood Grove
SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE REDWOOD GROVE!
Enjoy a magical music experience this summer under towering redwoods in the Berkeley hills.
TONIGHT: Indianna Hale + Ash Reiter + Meegan Keely
Alt Country Folk
$20 Adult, $18 UCBG Member Adult, $12 Youth 5-17yrs, Free Under 5
SOLD OUT.
Le doulos
Film - Feature | August 3 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
A Melvillean roundabout of ambiguity and betrayal in the underworld: Serge Reggiani is an ex-con who suspects his friend of being a stool pigeon—un doulos or finger man in French slang—and shoots him. Enter Jean-Paul Belmondo, the finger man; or is he? As in Bob le flambeur and Le Samouraï, the gangsters display an impassive, underplayed demeanor, increasing a sense of equivocation in characters... More >
Friday, August 4, 2017
Design and Diversity Exhibition
Miscellaneous | June 1 – September 7, 2017 every day | Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
This exhibit of original materials from the Environmental Design Archives showcases a nexus of design and diversity.
San Francisco Young Writer's Camp
Workshop | July 24 – August 11, 2017 every day | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | St. Ignatius Prep
Bay Area Writing Project
Sponsored by the Bay Area Writing Project of UC Berkeley, the camps offer kids a unique opportunity to develop their creative abilities and writing talents. In a relaxed campatmosphere, campers will receive specific writing instruction and conference individually with staff to build and reinforce their writing skills. The camps are for students who like to write! They are not remedial writing... More >
Tell Your Own Story: Creative Writing 101
Course | July 24 – August 4, 2017 every day | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | 242 Dwinelle Hall
Bay Area Writing Project
Do you have stories to tell? Characters in your head? A notebook full of scenes? This summer, join other creative writers in reading short stories and creative nonfiction that break the rules, and discover how to write your own story.
During this course you’ll have the opportunity to hack the techniques published writers use to tell their stories, like building unforgettable characters,... More >
Summer at the Hall
Social Event | June 10 – September 10, 2017 every day with exceptions | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
Visit the Hall and explore all of our most popular exhibits and STEM activities every day this summer, including our newest featured exhibit, Going Places. Plus, join us every Sunday to discover new and unique ways to engage with science.
$12.00 Adult, $10.00 Children 3–18, Seniors 62+, Free Members, children age 2 and under, UC Berkeley students and staff.
Certificate Program in Clinical Research Conduct and Management Online Information Session
Information Session | August 4 | 12-1 p.m. | Online
, Berkeley, CA
Learn how this professional certificate can help you launch or advance your career in clinical research by enhancing your knowledge of clinical trials. For more information about the program, visit extension.berkeley.edu/cert/clinical.html.
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 6, 2017 – January 4, 2019 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for a free, docent-led tour of the Garden as we explore interesting plant species, learn about the vast collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission
Advanced registration not required
Tours may be cancelled without notice.
For day-of inquiries, please call 510-643-2755
For tour questions, please email gardentours@berkeley.edu... More >
Ride the Pink Horse
Film - Feature | August 4 | 6:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
When Lucky Gagin, a luckless veteran played by Robert Montgomery, steps from the interstate bus, he is greeted by a flashing neon sign: “Buenos Dias. Howdy.” The border town, known generically as San Pablo, is an indistinct zone of amalgamated cultures—Mexican Americans, gringos, and local Pueblo Indians—though it bears distinct resemblance to the Santa Fe of Dorothy B. Hughes’s 1946 novel.... More >
The Hanged Man
Film - Feature | August 4 | 8:40 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Siegel’s economical, no-nonsense direction in this early made-for-TV movie adaptation of Ride the Pink Horse (1946) is exciting in itself and well suited to Hughes’s clipped prose (her “dread dream”). Santa Fe at fiesta is now New Orleans but there’s no magic in Mardi Gras, only masked threat. Robert Culp does his best Robert Ryan, sloughing off aid or empathy in the role of Harry Pace, in town... More >
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Design and Diversity Exhibition
Miscellaneous | June 1 – September 7, 2017 every day | Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
This exhibit of original materials from the Environmental Design Archives showcases a nexus of design and diversity.
San Francisco Young Writer's Camp
Workshop | July 24 – August 11, 2017 every day | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | St. Ignatius Prep
Bay Area Writing Project
Sponsored by the Bay Area Writing Project of UC Berkeley, the camps offer kids a unique opportunity to develop their creative abilities and writing talents. In a relaxed campatmosphere, campers will receive specific writing instruction and conference individually with staff to build and reinforce their writing skills. The camps are for students who like to write! They are not remedial writing... More >
Sick Plant Clinic
Special Event | February 4, 2017 – December 1, 2018 the first Saturday of the month every month with exceptions | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join the Garden for our monthly Sick Plant Clinic and find out which diseases ail your plants. Entomologists are also available to identify the pests that are living in your plants too! Please cover plants and disease samples in containers or bags before entering the Garden.
BERKELEY CLINIC DIAGNOSES RESIDENTS' PLANTS
Lauren Reed-Guy, Chronicle Staff Writer
San Francisco Chronicle June... More >
Clinical Laboratory Scientist Preparatory Program
Information Session | August 5 | 10-11:30 a.m. | UC Berkeley Extension San Francisco Campus
160 Spear Street, San Francisco, CA
Find out how this program can enhance your background in the biological or chemical sciences and prepare you for application to certified clinical laboratory scientist training programs.
UNEX 1053. Make reservations online or by calling 510-642-4111
Summer at the Hall
Social Event | June 10 – September 10, 2017 every day with exceptions | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
Visit the Hall and explore all of our most popular exhibits and STEM activities every day this summer, including our newest featured exhibit, Going Places. Plus, join us every Sunday to discover new and unique ways to engage with science.
$12.00 Adult, $10.00 Children 3–18, Seniors 62+, Free Members, children age 2 and under, UC Berkeley students and staff.
New York - 2017 Summer Welcome Party
Social Event | August 5 | 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | Central Park, North Meadow, near Field 2
, New York, NY 10029
CAA Alumni Chapters across the country organize Summer Welcome Parties for incoming Cal students in their area. These alumni-organized parties are a great way for local Alumni Chapters to congratulate incoming Cal students and share some Blue and Gold spirit. These events are also great for new Cal students and parents to meet one another and become familiar with the Cal Family.
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 6, 2017 – January 4, 2019 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for a free, docent-led tour of the Garden as we explore interesting plant species, learn about the vast collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission
Advanced registration not required
Tours may be cancelled without notice.
For day-of inquiries, please call 510-643-2755
For tour questions, please email gardentours@berkeley.edu... More >
Counter Offence: A Play by Rahul Varma
Performing Arts - Theater | August 5 | 6-8 p.m. | Sunnyvale Theatre
550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Institute for South Asia Studies, BAD (Bay Area Drama) Company
In this fascinating whodunnit, Rahul Varma poses questions which are more relevant than ever given the nationwide uproar around the police and their treatment of minorities and the current climate of mistrust.
Le doulos
Film - Feature | August 5 | 6 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
A Melvillean roundabout of ambiguity and betrayal in the underworld: Serge Reggiani is an ex-con who suspects his friend of being a stool pigeon—un doulos or finger man in French slang—and shoots him. Enter Jean-Paul Belmondo, the finger man; or is he? As in Bob le flambeur and Le Samouraï, the gangsters display an impassive, underplayed demeanor, increasing a sense of equivocation in characters... More >
Asian Youth Orchestra with Sarah Chang, Violin: Richard Pontzious, conductor
Performing Arts - Music | August 5 | 8 p.m. | Zellerbach Hall
Asian Youth Orchestra with Sarah Chang, Violin, Cal Performances
Representing nearly a dozen countries, the 107 young musical ambassadors of the Asian Youth Orchestra join hands across political differences and regional tensions to play concerts of exquisite beauty. Each summer, exceptional players from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam meet for a demanding summer of... More >
$36-86
Buy tickets online or by calling 510-642-9988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org
Sarah Chang performs with the Asian Youth Orchestra Saturday, August 5, 2017 in Zellerbach Hall.
Julieta
Film - Feature | August 5 | 8:15 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Based on three stories by Alice Munro, Almodóvar’s most recent film finds the great director in an autumnal mood, stripping away his more manic and surreal touches to linger instead on intimacy and solitude in a mother’s life. With a successful career and attentive lover, the middle-aged Julieta (Emma Suárez) still has a sorrow she cannot share. An unexpected letter triggers a breakdown, and an... More >
