Pilobolus comes to Zellerbach Hall Oct. 21-22 for the dance company’s first Cal Performances engagement in more than three decades.
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UC Berkeley police investigating rape at Zellerbach
The University of California Police Department is looking into a daytime rape that occurred inside Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley in late August.
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‘Increased and highly visible police presence’ for Ben Shapiro talk Thursday
A closed perimeter around Zellerbach, extensive parking restrictions and more have been announced by UC Berkeley in advance of Ben Shapiro’s talk Thursday.
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After tensions, UC Berkeley offers to host Ben Shapiro at Zellerbach
After a summer of will-they-won’t-they, UC Berkeley has said Ben Shapiro can speak at Zellerbach Hall on Sept. 14.
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Filter Theatre’s ‘Twelfth Night’: more of a gig than a regular piece of theater
British group brings its rock & roll sensibility to Shakespeare at Cal Performances.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
JENNIFER KOH Violinist Jennifer Koh is no stranger to Berkeley, although Berkeley audiences may know her as Einstein, a role she undertook when she played in Einstein on the Beach at Cal Performances. This time she plays as herself — a powerful soloist — when she performs Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with the Berkeley Symphony tonight, Thursday Oct. 2, at 7 […]
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Magical, misfit marriage of Ira Glass and dance
Dance is primarily show, don’t tell. Radio is tell, can’t show. Put them together, you get the magical, misfit marriage that is “Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host,” coming to Zellerbach Hall on Saturday, Mar. 29, presented by Cal Performances. Mysteriously blending the talky talent of Ira Glass, host and creator of the public […]
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The Moth: A storytelling phenomenon comes to Berkeley
Thank goodness for boring, sappy poetry. Without it, there might never be The Moth. And thank goodness for the third annual Bay Area Science Festival, which brings marvelous scientific minds to the masses with ten days (Oct. 24-Nov. 2) of interactive events throughout the Bay Area. Thirdly, you may thank your lucky stars (especially if […]
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Berkeley Alvin Ailey camp teaches more than dance
Like characters in an ancient Roman frieze, eight young boys assume motionless poses, then spring to pumping, rolling, spinning life in front of the Zellerbach Playhouse on the University of California, Berkeley, campus. It’s a rehearsal, but in light of the fierce pride and near-divine determination in their expression — and exploding from their agile […]
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Feed your soul, feast your eyes: Alvin Ailey is in town
The almighty power of contemporary dance is alive and kicking in Berkeley through April 28, after which the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will pack up their four, richly textured programs and hoof it to the next tour stop. Until then, it’s “get thee to the church of alpha men and women” in Zellerbach Hall. […]
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Dancemaker Trisha Brown retires her choreographic cap
Can a single-artist dance company become an ever-evolving, interactive, mobile museum? That is the question, and the premise, of the Trisha Brown Dance Company’s revolutionary plan as the iconic, 76-year-old dancemaker retires her choreographic cap and becomes the company’s Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer. As of February 2011 and after a series of minor strokes, […]
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Hubbard Street and LINES Ballet: A recipe for perfection
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago stormed onto the stage of Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on Friday night and thundered its way through two beefy works of consequence and a collaborative world premiere with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet. Compelling dances result from simple, rare ingredients: fantastic dancers with bone-deep training baring their souls, and choreographers with dangerous […]