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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
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Films by Sally Cruikshank

Intrigued by the idea of seeing her drawings move, Sally Cruikshank learned to animate while in college. Her love of surreal 1930s cartoons, as well as her desire to make her own amusement park, is evident in her wildly colorful and wonderfully detailed films.
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Free First Thursday

On the first Thursday of every month, BAMPFA gallery admission is free to all.
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Spring Free Family Day

A Free Day of Art, Music & Film!
11 AM–3 PM: Art Making, Family Tours, and Library on Wheels
1–2 PM: Musical Performance: Alphabet Rockers
3 PM: Family Matinee: The Red Balloon
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Roundtable Reading: A Mystery Bigger than Big / Un misterio más grande que grandísimo by René Saldaña

Mickey Rangel is the real deal—a smart, wisecracking fifth-grade detective with an online certificate to prove it, not to mention his solid record of solved cases. Now, everyone’s talking about Natalia, the quiet new girl who doesn’t interact with anyone.
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Roundtable Reading: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

Red is a tall, large-hearted oak tree who is 216 rings old. She is also a “wishtree”—people write their wishes on tags and pieces of cloth and tie them to her branches, and many birds and animals seek refuge in her hollows.
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Roundtable Reading: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is, but she knows she needs to survive.
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Gallery + Studio: Ink-Brush Landscapes

Learn the basics of painting a landscape—such as how to place objects in the background, middle ground, and foreground—as you experiment with creating light and dark and other visual effects using brush and ink.
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Gallery + Studio: Through Line: Collaged Portraits/Imagined Spaces

Inspired by Romare Bearden’s Study for Berkeley—The City and Its People and other figurative works in Way Bay, play with collage and create a portrait of people dear to you in an imagined space that you revere.
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Gallery + Studio: Self-Portraits/Community Portraits

Create mixed-media portraits of yourself and people in your community inspired by Karabo Poppy Moletsane’s Art Wall project. Using collage, drawing, and painting, explore the use of shapes, colors, and textures in portraiture, while experimenting with scale.
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