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Sunday, June 27, 2021
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Recent alumni of the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts program for young artists premiere their work-in-progress video opera, developed with the mentorship of writer Beth Lisick and composer Lisa Mezzacappa.
Presented Sunday, June 27, 2021, 7 PM PST
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
7:00 PM

Programmed by Thingamajigs

Artists Sudhu Tewari and Theresa Wong discuss real estate redlining and equity and share from their sonic portfolios
Presented Thursday, July 8, 7 PM PDT
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Saturday, July 10, 2021
12:30 pm

For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)

Learn the technique of frottage as you experiment with surface design and weaving, inspired by the art of Kay Sekimachi.
Presented Saturday, July 10, 12:30 PM
  • Erin McCluskey Wheeler
    With artist
    Richmond-based artist and teacher Erin McCluskey Wheeler holds an MFA from California College of the Arts.
Series Family Events
Saturday, July 10, 2021
2:30 PM

Recommended for ages 8 and up

A brave misfit mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Medal-winning story that reads like a quirky fairy tale.
Presented Saturday, July 10, 2:30 PM
  • Carl Coleman
    Reading led by
    Carl Coleman is a school librarian for the West Contra Costa Unified School District.
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Monday, July 12, 2021
5:00 PM
Local jazz harp legend Destiny Muhammad presents her new work Rosie Lee Tompkins: Guided by Something More Powerful, an improvised sonic suite livestreamed from the gallery of Tompkins’s artwork.
Recorded Monday, July 12, 5 PM PDT
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Thursday, July 15, 2021
7:00 PM

Programmed by Thingamajigs

Hear from members of local ensembles who developed ways to make music together during the pandemic.
Presented Thursday, July 15, 2021
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All Day
  • Film
  • Free
  • Members
  • Ongoing
Friday, July 16, 2021
All Day
Doug Nichol,
United States,
2016,
(103 mins)
This hymn to the ordinary typewriter, centered on Berkeley's own California Typewriter, is also a portrait of the countless artists, writers, and collectors who remain steadfast in their love and loyalty. “Pure typewriter heaven” (Don DeLillo).
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available July 16–18
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  • Free
  • Members
  • Ongoing
Saturday, July 17, 2021
All Day
Doug Nichol,
United States,
2016,
(103 mins)
This hymn to the ordinary typewriter, centered on Berkeley's own California Typewriter, is also a portrait of the countless artists, writers, and collectors who remain steadfast in their love and loyalty. “Pure typewriter heaven” (Don DeLillo).
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available July 16–18
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  • Film
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Sunday, July 18, 2021
All Day
Doug Nichol,
United States,
2016,
(103 mins)
This hymn to the ordinary typewriter, centered on Berkeley's own California Typewriter, is also a portrait of the countless artists, writers, and collectors who remain steadfast in their love and loyalty. “Pure typewriter heaven” (Don DeLillo).
Free for BAMPFA members only. Password required.
Available July 16–18
Sunday, July 18, 2021
5 PM–7 PM

Open to Curator’s Circle members at the $1,000 level and above.

Please join BAMPFA Director Julie Rodrigues Widholm and Associate Curator Elaine Yau for a special gathering to mark the reopening of the museum and the final weekend of the acclaimed exhibition Rosie Lee Tompkins: A Retrospective.
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Sunday, July 25, 2021
9:00 AM

Programmed by Thingamajigs

An eleven-hour marathon experience of word and sound with poet Stephen Ratcliffe and the Thingamajigs Performance Group, followed by a live Q&A.
Sunday, July 25, 9 AM–8 PM PDT.
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Saturday, July 31, 2021
7:00 PM

Programmed by Thingamajigs

The Korean musical group Ensemble PHASE performs excerpts from composer Edward Schocker’s new work Self_Less, along with traditional Korean music
Saturday, July 31, 7 PM PDT