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  • Sunday, November 24, 3:00 PM

    Clouds from a Crumbling Giant

    Clouds from a Crumbling Giant is an examination of the life cycle, performed by the physical theater and dance company inkBoat, with guests.

    BAMPFA
  • Thursday, November 21, 1:00 PM

    Tui Na with David Wei

    Tui Na is a standalone medical system that includes acupressure, massage techniques, assisted stretching and joint manipulations. Learn about the techniques of the Wei family dragon claw Tui Na to promote self/shared care from Wei Da Wei, who apprenticed under esteemed Wudang blind bone setting master Du Yi Jun in China.

    BAMPFA
  • Wednesday, November 20, 1:00 PM

    Qi Gong with Eileen Housteau

    Join us for an invigorating qigong experience that blends gentle tranquil movements and inner stillness. Eileen Housteau is a caretaker of the Spiritual Wellness traditions, Wudang Mountains, China.

    BAMPFA
  • Friday, August 16, 7:30 PM

    Brontez Purnell

    Brontez Purnell and his five-piece band perform songs by his uncle J. J. Malone, a blues musician who migrated to Oakland from Alabama in the 1960s. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.

    BAMPFA

    Programmed by Sean Carson

  • Saturday, June 15, 5:00 PM

    Zero Charisma

    Join us for a performance by Oakland-based sound artist Zero Charisma. Fueled by her origin story as a queer, Black, and Indigenous Afrofuturist, Zero Charisma’s ethereal music envelops listeners in a dreamlike state, exploring stories of our spiritual realities.

    BAMPFA
  • Wednesday, March 13, 7:30 PM

    Nite Bjuti

    Nite Bjuti is an improvising Afro-Caribbean trio tapping electronics, vocalism, bass, Haitian drum rhythms, sampling, and spoken word to create a sound that is “one of the most exciting and original I’ve heard this year” (BBC). The trio will also lead an interactive conversation on archives, sonic storytelling, and collaboration following their performance.

    BAMPFA

    Presented as part of an artist residency with the Black Studies Collaboratory, housed in the Department of African American Studies

  • Wednesday, February 21, 7:30 PM

    Modest Livelihood with Live Score

    A screening of the silent film Modest Livelihood, by Duane Linklater and Brian Jungen, is accompanied by a new score performed by a trio of local musicians. The score is written by eagles with eyes closed, a musical project consisting of Duane Linklater and Tobias Linklater, exploring the generative experience of watching films together as intergenerational collaborators, father and son, and two Indigenous artists.

    BAMPFA

    Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Duane Linklater: mymothersside

  • Saturday, February 10, 2024, 1PM , 5PM

    slow dark dances

    Dance performances that creatively embody the ideas explored in Imagining Beyond Authoritarianism: Race and Gender in Our Times.

    BAMPFA

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