3rd floor Community Meeting Room
Margret Elson, author of The piano and the couch: music and psyche, will read from and talk about her latest book, which includes actual case studies of performers in crisis with whom Margret worked. Musician and psychotherapist Elson takes us on an odyssey through the unconscious worlds of her musician clients, revealing their journeys through darkness and surprise, and ultimately into the light.
Come and learn about Japanese art of taiko! Feel the thunderous sounds of the drums vibrating through your body as language, culture, and history combine into an exciting educational experience. Come see this amazing one person show where you will be introduced to this aspect of Japanese music and culture through drumming, story telling, and bamboo flute music. You will even get a chance to play the drums yourself!
All ages.
Bring your friends and all the Hamilfans you know for a Hamilton sing-along! We will play the Hamiltunes instrumentals through our sound system and project the lyrics on our big screen. You will provide the enthusiastic voices!
All teens welcome, please note the production contains some mature themes and language.
Bring your friends, family and all the Hamilfans you know for a Hamilton community sing-along! We will play the Hamiltunes instrumentals through our sound system and project the lyrics on our big screen. You will provide the enthusiastic voices!
All ages are welcome, please note the production contains some mature themes and language.
3rd floor Community Meeting Room
In an ongoing series, docents from the renowned Berkeley Repertory Theatre talk about the current production. Come hear about Tony Kushner's "Angels in America: Part 1". The 45 minute presentation includes time for questions.
Join us for re-created, re-discovered, and re-imagined chamber music.
Black Cedar’s accolades include multiple grants from the Zellerbach Family Foundation and the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, and an invite to the National Flute Association Convention. They have performed over 60 concerts throughout California and their critically- praised debut album, A Path Less Trod , was released in 2016.
Avant-garde Japanese dance from Berkeley's own Harupin-Ha Dance Theater, which introduced this art form to the U.S. in 1976. They will perform "Earth Child" at the Central library in the Community Meeting Room on the 3rd floor. Butoh performance flier