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1 11 AM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Activity Art Families Sunday, June 1, 2025 11 AM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Drop-In Art Making The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking. Series Workshops Google Calendar ICS 12 PM Teach Your Children to Slurp Noodles Art Performance Workshop Sunday, June 1, 2025 12 PM Teach Your Children to Slurp Noodles Space is limited; advance tickets required Artist David Horvitz collaborates with chef Leif Hedendal in this celebration of food culture and sound art. A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact bampfa@berkeley.edu if you would like a ticket for a wheelchair accessible space. Space is limited to 20 people per session. Tickets include gallery admission. Series Performances SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS 1 PM Teach Your Children to Slurp Noodles Art Performance Workshop Sunday, June 1, 2025 1 PM Teach Your Children to Slurp Noodles Space is limited; advance tickets required Artist David Horvitz collaborates with chef Leif Hedendal in this celebration of food culture and sound art. A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact bampfa@berkeley.edu if you would like a ticket for a wheelchair accessible space. Space is limited to 20 people per session. Tickets include gallery admission. Series Performances SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS	2	3	4 12:15 PM Exhibition Tour: To Exalt The Ephemeral Art Tours Wednesday, June 4, 2025 12:15 PM Exhibition Tour: To Exalt The Ephemeral UC Berkeley graduate students in the English and Critical Theory offer tours of To Exalt The Ephemeral on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 and Sundays at 2:00, and on Free First Thursdays at 1:15. Included with admission Series Exhibition Tours Google Calendar ICS	5 All Day Free First Thursday Art Families Free Thursday, June 5, 2025 All Day Free First Thursday First Thursdays are a great time to visit BAMPFA! Admission to our galleries is free all day. Google Calendar ICS 11 AM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Activity Art Families Thursday, June 5, 2025 11 AM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Drop-In Art Making The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking. Series Workshops Google Calendar ICS 1:15 PM Exhibition Tour: To Exalt The Ephemeral Art Tours Thursday, June 5, 2025 1:15 PM Exhibition Tour: To Exalt The Ephemeral UC Berkeley graduate students in the English and Critical Theory offer tours of To Exalt The Ephemeral on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 and Sundays at 2:00, and on Free First Thursdays at 1:15. Included with admission Series Exhibition Tours Google Calendar ICS	6 2 PM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Activity Art Families Friday, June 6, 2025 2 PM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Drop-In Art Making The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking. Series Workshops Google Calendar ICS 4:30 PM Perfume Workshop with Zapah Lab Workshop Friday, June 6, 2025 4:30 PM Perfume Workshop with Zapah Lab Create your own scent in this hands-on experimental perfume workshop led by olfactory artist and researcher Arianna Khmelniuk (Zapah Lab). Go beyond basic blending and explore conceptual scent design. All levels are welcome. Space is limited; RSVP required. Both workshop dates are now full. Series Workshops SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS 7 PM The Breaking Point Film In-Person Friday, June 6, 2025 7 PM The Breaking Point Michael Curtiz, United States, 1950, (97 mins) 35mm Archival Print The Breaking Point is film noir at its best, with outstanding performances by the cast, especially Phyllis Thaxter as a wife who keeps her family together on a shoestring budget despite the stubbornness of her husband (John Garfield). Imogen Sara Smith Introduction and Post-Screening Discussion Imogen Sara Smith is a film critic and historian based in New York City and the author of two books, In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City and Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy. Series In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS	7 1–7 PM Preview Day: Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California Art Members Saturday, June 7, 2025 1–7 PM Preview Day: Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California For BAMPFA members and UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. BAMPFA members and UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff are invited to enjoy early access to the exhibition Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California. For BAMPFA members and UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. Google Calendar ICS 1 PM Perfume Workshop with Zapah Lab Workshop Saturday, June 7, 2025 1 PM Perfume Workshop with Zapah Lab Create your own scent in this hands-on experimental perfume workshop led by olfactory artist and researcher Arianna Khmelniuk (Zapah Lab). Go beyond basic blending and explore conceptual scent design. All levels are welcome. Space is limited; RSVP required. Both workshop dates are now full. Series Workshops SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS 1 PM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Activity Art Families Saturday, June 7, 2025 1 PM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Drop-In Art Making The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking. Series Workshops Google Calendar ICS 1 PM–7 PM Modified Hours Saturday, June 7, 2025 1 PM–7 PM Modified Hours BAMPFA will open late on Saturday, June 7. Museum hours: 1 PM–7PM. Google Calendar ICS 4:30 PM The Hitch-Hiker Film In-Person Saturday, June 7, 2025 4:30 PM The Hitch-Hiker Ida Lupino, United States, 1953, (71 mins) 35mm Archival Print Two fishing buddies pick up a hitchhiker on their way to Baja, with potentially deadly results, in Ida Lupino’s high-tension thriller. Photographed by the great noir cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca. Imogen Sara Smith Introduction and Post-Screening Discussion Imogen Sara Smith is a film critic and historian based in New York City and the author of two books, In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City and Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy. Series In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City Get Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Desert Fury Film In-Person Saturday, June 7, 2025 7 PM Desert Fury Lewis Allen, United States, 1947, (96 mins) Film noir expert Eddie Muller called Desert Fury “the gayest movie ever made in Hollywood’s Golden Era.” Filmed in glorious Technicolor with costume design by Edith Head. A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact bampfa@berkeley.edu if you would like a ticket for a wheelchair accessible space. Imogen Sara Smith Introduction and Post-Screening Discussion Imogen Sara Smith is a film critic and historian based in New York City and the author of two books, In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City and Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy. Series In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City SOLD OUT Google Calendar ICS
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8 11 AM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Activity Art Families Sunday, June 8, 2025 11 AM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Drop-In Art Making The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking. Series Workshops Google Calendar ICS 11 AM–7 PM Free Community Day: Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California Art Free Sunday, June 8, 2025 11 AM–7 PM Free Community Day: Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California Free admission all day Join us for the opening day of Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California with free gallery admission for all! Free gallery admission Google Calendar ICS 11:30 AM–2 PM Art Making for All Ages Art Sunday, June 8, 2025 11:30 AM–2 PM Art Making for All Ages Drop in and make art in BAMPFA’s Crane Forum space, next to the Art Wall. Materials will be provided. Google Calendar ICS 2:30 PM Curator's Welcome: Routed West Art Free Sunday, June 8, 2025 2:30 PM Curator's Welcome: Routed West To celebrate the opening of Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California, BAMPFA Associate Curator and Academic Liaison Elaine Yau offers a brief overview of the exhibition and shares the journey of organizing the show from over three thousand quilts in the museum collection. Google Calendar ICS 4 PM Pursued Film In-Person Sunday, June 8, 2025 4 PM Pursued Raoul Walsh, United States, 1947, (101 mins) 35mm Archival Print Raoul Walsh’s favorite of his Westerns, Pursued is a fated family tragedy set under cinematographer James Wong Howe’s oppressive clouds and menacing cliffs. Starring Robert Mitchum. Imogen Sara Smith Introduction and Post-Screening Discussion Imogen Sara Smith is a film critic and historian based in New York City and the author of two books, In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City and Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy. Series In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City Get Tickets Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Vivien’s Wild Ride Audio Description Closed Captioned Film In-Person Sunday, June 8, 2025 7 PM Vivien’s Wild Ride Vivien Hillgrove, United States, 2025, (83 mins) Closed Captioned Audio Description When legendary film editor Vivien Hillgrove begins losing her sight, she turns to filmmaking to craft a magical memoir, reflecting on her career, personal struggles, and the transformative power of creativity. In Person Deann Borshay Liem Deann Borshay Liem is a producer of Vivien’s Wild Ride. Eric M. Ivey Eric M. Ivey is a co-editor, cinematographer, and co-producer of Vivien’s Wild Ride. Todd Boekelheide Todd Boekelheide is the composer of Vivien’s Wild Ride. Series Special Screenings 2025 Get Tickets Google Calendar ICS	9	10	11 12:15 PM Exhibition Tour: Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California Art Tours Wednesday, June 11, 2025 12:15 PM Exhibition Tour: Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California Graduate students from the Departments of Folklore, History of Art, and African American Studies offer tours of Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California. Series Exhibition Tours Google Calendar ICS	12 7 PM The 400 Blows Film In-Person Thursday, June 12, 2025 7 PM The 400 Blows François Truffaut, France, 1959, (99 mins) Repeats Saturday / 8.9.25 (without introduction) Jean-Pierre Léaud plays François Truffaut’s alter ego, Antoine Doinel, in the quintessential coming-of-age film, a lyrical but unsentimental portrait of adolescence and of Paris. Laura Truffaut Introduction Laura Truffaut is the oldest daughter of director François Truffaut. Based in Berkeley, she regularly speaks about her father’s work at international cinematheques. Series Special Screenings 2025 Get Tickets Google Calendar ICS	13 2 PM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Activity Art Families Friday, June 13, 2025 2 PM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Drop-In Art Making The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking. Series Workshops Google Calendar ICS 7 PM The Long Goodbye Film In-Person Friday, June 13, 2025 7 PM The Long Goodbye Robert Altman, United States, 1973, (112 mins) 35mm Archival Print Repeats Wednesday / 7.23.25 (without introduction) Updating Raymond Chandler’s noir pulp for the psychedelic 1970s, Leigh Brackett and Robert Altman pitch a bewildered and bereft Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) into a murder mystery involving a sun-dried siren (Nina van Pallandt) and her washed-out Ernest Hemingway-esque author husband (Sterling Hayden). David Thomson Introduction and Post-Screening Discussion David Thomson is a noted film critic and historian who has authored more than twenty books on cinema, including The New Biographical Dictionary of Film and The Big Sleep (BFI Film Classics). Series Robert Altman at 100 Get Tickets Google Calendar ICS	14 2:30–3:30 PM Roundtable Reading / Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary Families Saturday, June 14, 2025 2:30–3:30 PM Roundtable Reading / Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary Recommended for ages 7 and up with accompanying adult(s) At Roundtable Reading, young readers read aloud to one another from the opening pages of a good book. This month, enjoy the further adventures of Beverly Cleary’s mouse with a motorcycle as Ralph S. Mouse runs away from his hotel home into the wider world of summer camp. Linda Artel Reading led by Former BAMPFA children’s film festival programmer Series Family Events Google Calendar ICS 11:30 AM–1 PM Gallery+Studio / Family and Community Quiltmaking Families Workshop Saturday, June 14, 2025 11:30 AM–1 PM Gallery+Studio / Family and Community Quiltmaking For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s) Learn how fabrics migrate from one use to another and end up as quilts, and make a unique quilt square of your own. Admission is free for kids 13 and under and for one accompanying adult per child. Children must be accompanied by at least one adult at these family programs. Mary Lawrence Workshop led by Series Family Events Google Calendar ICS 1 PM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Activity Art Families Saturday, June 14, 2025 1 PM–7 PM Open: Art Lab Drop-In Art Making The museum’s popular Fisher Family Art Lab welcomes drop-in visitors of all ages to explore their creativity through hands-on artmaking. Series Workshops Google Calendar ICS 2 PM Lijin Lecture: Yasufumi Nakamori on Martin Wong and Premodern Art of Asia Art Saturday, June 14, 2025 2 PM Lijin Lecture: Yasufumi Nakamori on Martin Wong and Premodern Art of Asia BAMPFA is pleased to announce Dr. Yasufumi Nakamori as BAMPFA’s 2025 endowed Lijin Lecturer. His presentation connects two important aspects of the museum’s collection--contemporary and pre-modern art from Asia—and promises to cast new light on the art of Martin Wong (1946-1999). Included with gallery admission Series Talks & Conversations Google Calendar ICS 7 PM Shadow of a Doubt Film In-Person Saturday, June 14, 2025 7 PM Shadow of a Doubt Alfred Hitchcock, United States, 1943, (108 mins) 4K Digital Restoration Joseph Cotten is the urbane Uncle Charlie, hiding out in the small-town home of his sister Emma in this blend of satire and mystery. Is Uncle Charlie the Merry Widow Killer hunted by the police, or is he as innocent as he claims? David Thomson Introduction and Post-Screening Discussion David Thomson is a noted film critic and historian who has authored more than twenty books, including The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film. Series In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City Get Tickets Google Calendar ICS