RECENT PROGRAMS

Balancing the Cannon

Saving Our California Coast

In celebration of Black History Month, Sandra Iglehart and her group presented a program consisting of narratives and singing.

Madeleine Blake spoke about her travel to Banaras, India and "The Call of the Ganga" a love song to Banaras

Holiday Party featuring The California Golden Overtones who are the premier all-female a cappella group at the University of California, Berkeley. They have recently been named one of “the 10 Female Groups Running the A Cappella World” by College Magazine.

Joe Lurie spoke about the pioneering history of I. House, the first interracial co-educational living center west of New York City, and its role in the desegregation of the UC campus and Berkeley communities in the early 1930s and 40s.

Maggie Tokuda-Hall talked of her journey about her resistance to book banning with her refusal to delete references to racism from her book "Love in the Library."

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Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate

Andrea Campos, Moderator; Prof. Oliver O'Reilly; Arlie Hochschild; Jenny Simon O'Neill

Lew Feldman gave us a virtual tour of the UC Botanical Garden, discussing it's history, special collections, the Garden's mission and future direction

Eugene Sor will introduce the educational philosophy behind The Crowden School and some students will perform.

Art & Archeology of the Etruscans and Early Romans

What Has Been and What Could Be: The BAMPFA Collection

Janet Bryon, Berkeley author and past president of the Berkeley Path Wanderers Association explores the reasons why Berkeley is such a wonderful city for walking.

A Conversation with Chancellor Christ led by Linda Schacht

Rose Marie Beebe and Robert Senkewicz offer us a look at the lives of a prominent Californio family in the turbulent years after the American conquest. We get a preview of their forthcoming publication of the 40-year correspondence between Guadalupe Vallejo and his wife Francisca. These letters will complement the speakers’ gargantuan (1400 page) translation of Vallejo’s never-before-published memoir, "Recuerdos", which appeared earlier this year.

Tahnee engaged us in a class focusing on senior fitness.

Soprano Hope Briggs and pianist Daniel Lockert presented selections from Italian, French and German art song, The Great American Songbook, Musical Theater and Negro Spirituals.

Melissa, age 14, won first prize in the 2023 US Open Music Competition.

Nourishing & Empowering Young People Through the Power of Dance

Dr. Koziol informed us of the fascinating history of the African-American 20th Century expatriate cultural experience in Paris.

Marc Teicholz presents an afternoon concert of classical & contemporary music on guitar

Steve Wasserman will discuss "Do books have a future in the digital age?"