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Floral Design with Chestnut & Vine
Home & Garden Wed., May 22, 6-9 p.m.510-643-2755
Learn how to create floral arrangements using material from the Garden collection for your arrangement. The class will include all materials except for pruning shears, so bring garden cutters and a pair of gloves. All levels welcome.
$75-$90
University of California Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Dr., Berkeley (map)
The Coconut Revolution
Film Wed., May 22, 7:30 p.m.510-451-5818
Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments & social hour at 6:30 pm, followed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by optional discussion after the film.
donations requested
Humanist Hall
390 27th St., Oakland (map)
Land Use and Zoning for Urban Homesteaders
Home & Garden, Public Interest Thu., May 23, 6-9 p.m.
The class will teach you how to find, understand, and apply local land use regulation and policy as well as how to interact with your jurisdiction’s planners. Call 510-927-3252 for location details.
$35-$65
The Owls
Film Thu., May 23, 7 p.m.
The 2010 Cheryl Dunye film about two middle-aged, lesbian couples who accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities.
$8
The New Parkway Theater
474 24th St., Oakland (map)
9th Street Film Festival & Dinner
Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas, Culinary & Wine, Film, Social Events Fri., May 24, 5:30-10 p.m.
Meet at 5:30pm at Juan’s Place (941 Carleton St., Berkeley) for dinner before the festival. At 7pm, cross the street to 2604 9th St. for an evening of independent film and a fundraiser benefiting Castlemont International High School's annual service trip.
free
Christopher Shein
Literary Events, Home & Garden Fri., May 24, 7-10 p.m.
Discussing and signing his book, The Vegetable Gardener’s Guide to Permaculture: Creating an Edible Ecosystem.
free
A PLACE For Sustainable Living
1121 64th St., Oakland (map)
Trumer Bike-in Movie Night
Culinary & Wine, Sales, Swaps, Promotions, & Fundraisers, Film Fri., May 24, 8 p.m.510-526-1160
A showing of the feature film, Premium Rush, a brewery tour, and plenty of Trumer Pils and food truck fare. Benefitting the East Bay Bicycle Coalition.
$5 or free, with purchase of East Bay Bike Coalition membership
Trumer Brauerei
1404 Fourth St., Berkeley (map)
Trash Film Orgy: Monster From Bikini Beach
Film Fri., May 24, 10:30 p.m.
The story of a primordial fiend who rises from the murky depths to quench its insatiable lust for Bikini-Clad Beauties. Part of the theater's Friday Late Night series.
$10
The New Parkway Theater
474 24th St., Oakland (map)
The Land Before Time
Film Fri., May 24, 4 p.m. and Sat., May 25, 12:30 p.m.
A screening of the 1988 children's classic.
$6
The New Parkway Theater
474 24th St., Oakland (map)
Ed Wood and Plan 9 from Outer Space Double Feature
Film Sat., May 25, 7 p.m.510-614-1224
Featuring Ed Wood, the mostly true story of the legendary director of awful movies and his strange group of friends and actors, and Plan 9 from Outer Space, a film about aliens resurrecting dead humans as zombies and vampires.
$12
BAL Theatre
14808 East 14th St., San Leandro (map)
King Kong
Film Sun., May 26, 6 p.m.
Part of the New Parkway's Thrillville Theater Sunday program.
$6
The New Parkway Theater
474 24th St., Oakland (map)
The River
Film Sun., May 26, 7:30 p.m.
Directed by Jean Renoir (1951). Three adolescent girls growing up in Bengal, India, learn their lessons in life after falling for an older American soldier.
donations accepted
The Tannery
708 Gilman St., Berkeley (map)
Blancanieves
Film Fri., May 24, 7:30 p.m., Sat., May 25, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., May 26, 2, 5 & 7:30 p.m.510-234-1404
The award-winning new Spanish romantic fantasy based on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
$7 general admission, $6 senior citizens, $5 children under 12
The Magick Lantern
125 Park Place, Richmond (map)
Jam Making with Seasonal Fruit
Culinary & Wine, Home & Garden Tue., May 28, 6-8 p.m.510-643-2755
In this two-hour demo-style class, students will cook two different jams, one single-fruit and one mixed-fruit. Taught by Rachel Saunders, founder of Blue Chair Fruit.
$90
University of California Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Dr., Berkeley (map)
If You Build It Sneak Peek Screening
Sales, Swaps, Promotions, & Fundraisers, Film Tue., May 28, 6:30-9 p.m.510-809-0900
The film tells the story of Studio H, a high school design program that built a public architecture project to transform their rural hometown. All ticket and raffle proceeds benefit Studio H at REALM Charter School in Berkeley.
$20-$75
David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley (map)
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