Events in Berkeley

Accion Latina presents: The 31st Annual ENCUENTRO DEL CANTO POPULAR El Renacimiento de la Cultura Popular

Date of the Event: 
Saturday, December 8, 2012 - 8:00pm - 11:00pm

Acción Latina presents:

The 31st Annual

Encuentro del Canto Popular

El Renacimiento de la Cultura Popular

Featuring La Santa Cecilia from Los Angeles, Diana Gameros Quartet, Quenepas Youth Ensemble, Miguel Govea y Los Compas, and Xiuhcoatl Danza Azteca

 

Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Brava Theater, 24th Street and York

Tickets available at www.brava.org $20 / $17 in advance

$15 students and seniors. Group rates available.

This event is wheelchair accessible and all ages are welcome

Co-Sponsored by KPFA

AFRICAN HERITAGE MONTH Past & Present: Breaking the Myths

Date of the Event: 
Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Black History Program

Thursday, February 9 2012
6:00 p.m.

John & Jean Knox Center for the Performing Arts
FREE

Contra Costa College African American Studies and Black Student Union are hosting the annual Black History Month Celebration. The theme is “African Heritage Past, Present and Future.”

The event is free and open to the community. All are welcome to come and celebrate an American story. Learn more about the building of a nation and the influence that African Americans have throughout the world.

For more information contact professors Carolyn Hodge at (510)235-7800 ext.
4540 chodge@contracosta.edu; or Manu Ampim at (510)235-7800 ext. 4351
mampim@contracosta.edu.


An Evening with ANGELA DAVIS In Commemoration of Palestinian Prisoner's Day. Introduced by Palestinian journalist from Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Ziad Abbas, who will speak about Palestinian children prisoners.

Date of the Event: 
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

An Evening with

ANGELA DAVIS

In Commemoration of Palestinian Prisoner’s Day

Introduced by Palestinian journalist from Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Ziad Abbas, who will speak about Palestinian children prisoners

Wednesday, April 17, 7pm
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way

Get your tickets now! $15 general, $10 low income

OR order directly from Middle East Children's Alliance, www.mecaforpeace.org, 510-548-0542

Tickets also available (no service charge!) at these bookstores:

(East Bay) Books, Inc./Berkeley, Marcus Books, Pegasus/Solano, Pegasus/Shattuck, Walden Pond, Moe's, Diesel

(SF) Modern Times

Wheelchair accessible, ASL interpreted

This event benefits MECA's work with Palestinian children

Angela Davis co-founded Critical Resistance, taught the History of Consciousness, directed Feminist Studies, ran for Vice-President twice, and wrote many excellent books. In 2011, she traveled on a women of color delegation to Palestine, which later issued a call for divestment from Israel.In 2012 she particpated in the Russell Tribunal on Palestine in New York City. Now she is celebrating the release of her new book, The Meaning of Freedom and Other Difficult Dialogues. Angela will sign books after the event.

"Herbert Marcuse taught me that it was possible to be an academic, an activist, a scholar, and a revolutionary." -Angela Davis

Cosponsored by KPFA!

An Evening with AMY CHUA "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" Hosted by Aimee Allison

Date of the Event: 
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm

KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents

An Evening with AMY CHUA

“Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”

Hosted by Aimee Allison

Thursday, January 20, 2011, 7:30 pm

Berkeley Hillside Club

2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley

$12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006

or: Pegasus Books (3 locations), Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s Books, Walden Pond,
DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times ($15 door)

An Evening with ANDREW BACEVICH

Date of the Event: 
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm

An Evening with ANDREW BACEVICH

Friday, August 13, 7:30 pm
The Hillside Club, 2886 Cedar Street, Berkeley
$10 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com 800-838-3006
or: Pegasus Books, Pendragon, Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's, Walden Pond,
DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times

($12 door/$6 HC members)

An Evening with CHRIS HEDGES, "The Death of the Liberal Class"

Date of the Event: 
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 6:30pm - 10:00pm

An Evening with CHRIS HEDGES

“The Death of the Liberal Class”

Tuesday, November 30, 6:30 pm

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

2345 Channing at Durant, Berkeley

$12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006

or: Pegasus Books (3 locations), Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s, Walden Pond,
DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times ($15 door)

An Evening with CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Date of the Event: 
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm

KPFA Radio 94.1FM presentsAn Evening with CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSdiscussing HITCH 22, A Memoir with his old friend, Steve Wasserman*Thursday, July 15, 7:30 pmFirst Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley$12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006 or: Pegasus Books, Pendragon, Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times  ($15 door)KPFA Radio benefit

An Evening with FATIMA BHUTTO presenting "Songs of Blood and Sword, a Daughter's Memoir"

Date of the Event: 
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents
An Evening with FATIMA BHUTTO
presenting “Songs of Blood and Sword, a Daughter’s Memoir”
Tuesday, October 5, 7:30 pm
The Hillside Club, 2886 Cedar Street, Berkeley
$12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com t: 800-838-3006 or:
Pegasus Books, Pendragon, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s, Walden Pond,
DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times ($15 door/$7.50 HC members)

An Evening with NIR ROSEN

Date of the Event: 
Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm

KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents

An Evening with NIR ROSEN

AFTERMATH: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World”

Thursday, November 4, 2010 – 7:30 pm

The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley

$12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006

or: Pegasus Books, Pendragon, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times ($15 door/$7 HC members)

An Evening with Richard Wolff, Capitalism Hits the Fan; The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It

Date of the Event: 
Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm

KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents

An Evening with Richard Wolff

"Capitalism Hits the Fan; The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It"

Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert

Sunday, January 16, 7:30 pm

Berkeley Hillside Club

2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley

$12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006

or: Pegasus Books (3 locations), Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s Books, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times  ($15 door)

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