This workshop series covers a brief history of animation, the creation of flipbooks, Zoetropes, and other precursors of film animation, techniques of traditional film stop-motion animation and 2-D computer animation. Followed by a hands-on workshop.
With art-making, food trucks, the renowned Thing-a-ma-jigs ensemble, a student film festival in the Berkeley City College auditorium, as well as shorts and a feature curated by PFA. Bring your own seating. On Center Street in downtown Berkeley.
free
OMCA Curator of Photography Drew Johnson and Oakland East Bay Symphony Conductor Michael Morgan discuss the work of composer Dave Brubeck and photographer Ansel Adams. Followed by a performance featuring the Oakland East Bay Symphony quintet.
$10
Kids, Museums Sun., May 26, 12-4 p.m.
510-318-8400
Try your hand at panning for real gold in the Museum gardens. Learn how to tell the difference between real gold and fool’s gold, and keep all you find.
A discussion panel including Enrique Chagoya, Artist & Professor of Art at Stanford University;
Robert Flynn Johnson, Chief Curator Emeritus, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; Paul J. Karlstrom, Former Regional Director, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; Moira Roth, Professor of Art History, Mills College; and Peter Selz, Founding Director, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive.
free
Art Galleries Sat., June 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun., June 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
831-438-4751
Featuring works from more than 200 fine arts and crafts exhibitors, Italian street painting, live entertainment, kids activities, and food and beverages for sale.
free
A daylong festival with a "kid city," art, live music, gourmet foods, wine, beer, and more. In central Fremont, between State Street and Paseo Padre Parkway.
free
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
Some Oakland politicians and groups are pointing to research by UC Berkeley faculty as proof that the city needs to add hundreds of police officers, but other studies contradict that conclusion.
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.