Week of January 6, 2019

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Sunday, January 6

Sunday, January 6, 2019
11 AM–7 PM

Monday, January 7

Tuesday, January 8

Wednesday, January 9

Wednesday, January 9, 2019
12 PM-1 PM
Peruse a series of the artist's notebooks, which offer insight into his singular approach, in the Works on Paper Study Center.
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
12:15 PM
Expert tour guides share highlights of exhibitions on view throughout the museum.
Included with admission
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
6:00 PM

Open to Curator's Circle members at the $2,500 level and above.

Artist Masako Miki in conversation with Curatorial Assistant Matthew Coleman, followed by a delicious reception catered by Babette.
Curator's Circle members only event.
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
7 PM
Fritz Lang,
Germany,
1919,

Restored Print

Lang’s version of Madame Butterfly changes the title character from geisha to noblewoman, and was one of the first European films to depict Japanese culture. “Refreshingly stereotype-free, the film demonstrates that silent film can rival opera in emotional impact” (Tom Vick).
  • Judith Rosenberg
    On Piano

Thursday, January 10

Thursday, January 10, 2019
4–7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Thursday, January 10, 2019
5 PM-6 PM
Peruse a series of the artist's notebooks, which offer insight into his singular approach, in the Works on Paper Study Center.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
7 PM
Paul Wegener, Carl Boese,
Germany,
1920,
(76 mins)

Digital Restoration

A rabbi in medieval Prague conjures a monster to protect his people from destruction in this visually astounding retelling of the Golem myth, shot by gifted cinematographer Karl Freund (The Last Laugh; Metropolis).
  • Judith Rosenberg
    On Piano

Friday, January 11

Friday, January 11, 2019
4–9 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Friday, January 11, 2019
6:30 PM
An evening of new dance works by guest choreographers Raymond Ejiofor and Kylie Woodward-Sollesnes, inspired by the exhibition Get Dancin'.
Included with admission
Friday, January 11, 2019
7 PM
Akira Kurosawa,
Japan,
1952,
(143 mins)

BAMPFA Collection

In Kurosawa’s humanist masterpiece, an ordinary civil servant discovers what it means to live. This Japanese Everyman was perhaps Takashi Shimura’s greatest role.
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Saturday, January 12

Saturday, January 12, 2019
11:30 AM–1 PM

For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)

With Masako Miki’s bright colors and squishy forms as inspiration, make your own creatures from felt, fabric, and found objects.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
  • Erin McCluskey Wheeler
    With artist
    Bay Area artist and teacher Erin McCluskey Wheeler is known for her brightly colored works made from found papers, often bound together with looping brushstrokes.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
1 PM–2:30 PM

For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)

With Masako Miki’s bright colors and squishy forms as inspiration, make your own creatures from felt, fabric, and found objects.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
  • Erin McCluskey Wheeler
    With artist
    Bay Area artist and teacher Erin McCluskey Wheeler is known for her brightly colored works made from found papers, often bound together with looping brushstrokes.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
2:30–9 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Saturday, January 12, 2019
3 PM

Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)

Join in reading about a girl trying to pursue her dreams while living at a motel, and get a copy of the book to enjoy wherever you live.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
  • Jennifer Gordon
    Reading led by
    Jennifer Gordon is a librarian at Malcolm X Elementary School in Berkeley.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
6 PM
Vittorio De Sica,
Italy,
1948,
(93 mins)

Digital Restoration
Film to Table dinner follows the January 12 screening

De Sica’s tale of a father and son searching the streets of Rome for their stolen bicycle is a masterwork of Italian neorealism, “an allegory at once timeless and topical” (Village Voice).
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Saturday, January 12, 2019
7:40 PM

Four-course dinner with wine pairing

Following our screening of Vittorio De Sica’s masterwork of Italian neorealism, join fellow cinephiles at our table for dinner and discussion.
At Babette
SOLD OUT
$75 per person. Film and dinner tickets must be purchased separately. Call Babette at (510) 684-3046 with questions.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
8 PM
Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino,
United States,
1949,
(94 mins)

Digital Restoration

A waitress finds herself pregnant and out of options in Lupino’s dissection of small-town values and women’s choices (or lack of them), made with “a startling blend of compassion and invention” (New Yorker).