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Register Now for Creative Writing Classes at the Berkeley WRITING SALON

The Berkeley Writing Salon24-7 Online via our website

The Writing Salon, founded in 1999, is a school of creative writing for adults at all levels of experience, from beginners to advanced. We offer…

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Judy Chicago: A Butterfly for Oakland

Oakland Museum of California11am - 5pm, til 9pm on Fri

As acclaimed artist, author, feminist, educator, and intellectual Judy Chicago turns 75 this year, the Oakland Museum of California joins prominent…

The Bead and Boutique Arts Show

Hilton Concord10am to 6pm

Bead & Boutique Arts Show specializes in offering boutique arts and exceptional craftsmanship to the public, as well as to art gallery owners,…

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Celtic Jazz / Celtic-Americana / Indie Music Night!

The Starry Plough Pub8:30pm to midnight

Celtic Jazz / Celtic-Americana / Indie Music Night! The Starry Plough Irish Pub & Restaurant 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA, 94705 Saturday,…

2nd Fridays Salsa & Bachata Dance Party with LIVE MUSIC by BORINQUEN, FRI, AUG. 8!

Allegro Ballroom7:30pm - 1:30am

Tomaj's 2nd Fridays Salsa & Bachata Party with LIVE Music by Borinquen! Friday, Aug. 8, 7:30pm � 1:30am featuring: 8:00 � Bachata Class! 8:30…

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Food Tasting Event - $15/hr.

Clarion Hotel - Downtown Oakland3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

We are recruiting local consumers to participate in food taste testing the week of August 4th! We will be testing a variety of quinoa & veggie…

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Cinema at Wente Vineyards � Featuring �Skyfall�

Wente Vineyards7:00pm

At Wente Vineyards outdoor viewings of movies have come a long way from the days of the drive-in. Movie-watching under the stars is re-imagined…

Hold Me Like Before

Royal NoneSuch Gallery7-10pm

Ever in search of the miraculous, Carissa Potter�s Hold Me Like Before is an investigation into the realm of therapy and self-betterment performed…

Catch Me If You Can

Woodminster Amphitheater8 pm

Based on the hit DreamWorks film starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch Me If You Can is the high-flying, splashy musical that tells…

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Cross Section: Recent Acquisitions

Mills College Art Museumsee mcam.mills/edu for gallery hours

Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 16 2014 | 6:00-8:00 pm Cross Section: Recent Acquisitions showcases recently acquired pieces in dialogue…

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RENEE SWINDLE at Books Inc. Alameda

Books Inc. in Alameda7:00 p.m.

Essence Magazine/Blackboard-bestselling author Renee Swindle shares her latest touching work--which has received advance praise from the likes…

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Freestyle Fellowship

The New Parish9:00 pm

Emcees Myka 9, Self Jupiter, Aceyalone, and P.E.A.C.E., along with DJ Kiilu Grand, have made an indelible mark on hip-hop since the independent…

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Circus Vargas

NewPark Mall5:00, 8:00

Get ready for the ultimate entertainment extravaganza for all ages! Join us where the magic begins and the heart-pounding, death-defying action…

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THE DISQUIET

Pro Arts GalleryTu-Fri 10a-5p, Sat 11-4p

THE DISQUIET Bay Area Currents 2014 Selections by Dena Beard, Assistant Curator, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive July 8 - August…

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Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir; France, 1937)

PFA Theater8:30pm

In Renoir�s masterful study of friendship amid the false and barbarous constructs of state, a group of WWI prisoners and their captors find…

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Wittgenstein (Derek Jarman; U.K., 1993)

PFA Theater7:00pm

New Digital Restoration! One of the few films to have a philosopher as its main character, Jarman�s imaginative and irreverent portrait of…

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Summer Breeze

PHOTOnoon-6:00pm


DETAILS: � � � � Featuring the artwork of Hyeyoung Kim, Lisa Toby, Yuri Boyko and LeRoy Howard Disparate and innovative visions from…

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Those Darlins

Leos Pro Audio9:00 pm

Those Darlins entered the public eye in 2008. They took on matching surnames and announced themselves a gang of resilient outsiders, each a…

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Soapbox

Berkeley Art Center11am - 5pm, Wednesday - Sunday

Berkeley Art Center challenged artists to submit work that represented the social and political issues that incited change, movement and upheaval.…

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The Skull Show

Bedford Gallery12:00-5:00pm

The Skull Show examines the role that skulls have played in the historical register as memento mori and religious icons. This exhibition also…

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