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2003 Spring/Summer events
Berkeley Art Museum/
Pacific Film Archive
April 2-July 20: Everything Matters: Paul Kos, A Retrospective. Kos
was one of the major figures in the early Conceptual Art movement in
the late 1960s and early 1970s and among the first artists to incorporate
video, as well as sound and interactivity, into sculptural installations.
April 13, May 11, June 8: Family Classics,
Sunday Matinees at PFA.
For film schedules and museum exhibits, visit http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Botanical Garden
The garden is open daily from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. It is closed the first Tuesday of every month. For information
on programs and to register for events call (510) 643-2755.
April 22-28: Fibers and Dyes – A free-standing interpretive
exhibit of plants used by various cultures for weaving and dyeing.
For scheduled
tours by groups and schools, call (510) 642-3352. No registration
needed for non groups. Free with Garden admission.
April 23: Plant and Microbial Interaction: The Wood Wide Web
and Other Stories of Life in the Underground. With Dr. Ellen Simms,
garden director.
Free.
April 25: Spring Plant Sale, Members’ Preview. Join at the
door.
April 26: Spring Plant Sale. This year’s sale features a special
children’s section (under $2, easy care). A list of featured
plants can be found on the garden website. Free.
June 1: Garden Party 2003. Wine, food and music. Celebrate the
Garden, delight in the peak of the bloom! Call for information
and tickets.
May 3: Unselt Birding Breakfast and Quarterly Bird Walk. Join
Chris Carmichael, manager of Collections and Horticulture, and
expert
birder Dennis Wolff on a morning walk to discover the Garden’s
bird life and breakfast treats. Heavy rain cancels this walk. Free.
Registration
required.
May 3: Visit the Cedars. Garden horticulturist Roger Raiche hosts
a visit to his property, The Cedars. Home to serpentine ecosystems
and
with the rhododendron occidentale (western azalea) in bloom,
the Cedars is a botanist’s delight. Space is extremely limited.
$50, members $30. Reservations required.
May 11: Mothers’ Day Tea. Treats, music, and a peaceful stroll
in the Garden. $30, members $20, children 12 and under $10. Reservations
required.
May 17: California Spring Windflower Walk. With Nathan Smith,
Garden horticulturist and California natives expert. $10, includes
Garden
admission; members free. Space is limited, registration recommended.
May 28: Evolution of Hawaiian Silverswords and Planthoppers.
UC Berkeley botanist Bruce Baldwin and entomologist George Roderick
will share
their latest findings. Hear rare recordings of the mating calls
of Hawaiian planthoppers. Free. No reservations required.
June 28 & 29: Sudden Oak Death in California. Offered by the campus’s
Jepson Herbarium, this course will provide an in-depth look at
Sudden Oak Death. UC researcher Matteo Garbelotto and Garden Director
Ellen
Simms offer up-to-date information on research into the disease
and the state of the epidemic. $200; call the Jepson Herbarium
at (510)
643-7008 for required registration.
Wednesday evenings, second week of July thru August: Twilight
Tours. Join Garden horticulturists on a focused area tour. Space
is limited,
registration recommended.
Cal Performances
June 5 – 8: Berkeley Edge Fest: A festival of contemporary
music. Hertz Hall. The first biennial Berkeley Edge Fest will
focus on the
music of distinguished experimentalists and pioneers who have
contributed groundbreaking works to the modern musical canon.
The Berkeley Edge Fest is produced by Cal Performances in association
with the Department of Music and the Center for New Music and
Audio Technologies at UC Berkeley.
For information and tickets call (510) 642-9988.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Currently on Display: “A Century of Collecting,” celebrating
the Hearst Museum’s centennial; “Native Californian Cultures,” an
exhibit and gallery displays drawn from the Museum’s permanent
collections from California; and “The World in a
Frame: Photographs from the Great Age of Exploration, 1865-1915.”
For a complete list of exhibits and museum information
visit http://hearstmuseum.
berkeley.edu/
Lawrence Hall of Science
To find out what’s up at the East Bay’s
premier science museum, visit http://www.lhs.
berkeley.edu/.
General Events
For a detailed weekly listing of campus lectures, sporting
events, exhibits, and performing arts, visit www.berkeley.edu/calendar.
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