RECENT PROGRAMS

Neanderthals, Denisovans, and the Gifts They Left us

Telomeres:What They Are and Why They are Important

Nik Dehejia spoke about "People & Wildlife Thriving Together: Oakland Zoo's Journey."

Conversation with Jen Lyons on her new role & celebrate the connection between our community & campus

Citywide Harmony: How the Community Music Center Changes Lives Across San Francisco

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."

Art and the Influence of Architecture

Okavango Delta, UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Holiday Party was entertained by the talented Cal Jazz Choir

Tess Taylor spoke about the pleasure and paradox of writing place.

From Barbed Wire to Wire Sculptures: Artist Ruth Asawa

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.