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The Gilman Wine Block Party. Credit: Donkey & Goat Winery<\/p>\nThe Gilman Wine Block Party. Credit: Donkey & Goat Winery<\/p>\n
Never miss local events!\u00a0Sign up for Berkeleyside\u2019s arts and culture newsletter, The Scene<\/a>. And check out our roundup of affordable things to do anytime in Berkeley<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udca5 Paola Bacchetta, professor and chair of the Department of Gender and Women\u2019s Studies at Cal, will speak about her book \u201cCo-Motion\u201d, which proposes that power relations \u2014 such as colonialism, capitalism, racism \u2014 are so inseparable that a new lexicon for analyzing power, subjects, and alliances should be created. Thursday. Feb. 5, Noon. 820 Social Sciences Building at UC Berkeley. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfc8 Watch a star-studded flag football game featuring celebrities like NBA all-star Dwight Howard and artists like Diplo, Quavo, and NLE Choppa. (Read our story on the game.<\/a>) Thursday, Feb. 5, 5 p.m. Cal Memorial Stadium. $43-$85<\/a> (tickets are free for UC Berkeley students and Berkeley firefighters and police)<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcf7 Matthew Naythons left Vietnam on a Marine helicopter out of Saigon the morning the city fell in 1975 and was the first journalist on the scene in Jonestown, landing after nightfall in the midst of the carnage. He covered the Yom Kippur War, the Nicaraguan revolution and the US invasion of Grenada, among other stories. For the presentation on his book \u201cLight In Dark Places\u201d he\u2019s joined in conversation by J-School photography professor Ken Light. Thursday, Feb. 5, 5:30 p.m. North Gate Hall. FREE (tickets required)<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfad Yes, all seven remaining shows of Shotgun Player\u2019s critically hailed production of Sondheim\u2019s \u201cSunday In the Park With George\u201d are sold out, but the company\u2019s website details several ways a determined would-be patron can obtain tickets. Thursday, Feb. 5-Sunday, Feb. 15. Shotgun Players. $50-$90<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udeb6\ud83c\udfff\u200d\u2640\ufe0fJoin a Black History walking tour written and designed by Cal staff and alumna Gia White. The tour draws from her extensive research about the earliest Black students at UC Berkeley, a few of many notable Black faculty members and the special spaces that Black people have fought to create for Black people on campus. Friday, Feb. 6, Wednesday, Feb. 11, and Tuesday, Feb. 17. Meet at Koret Visitor Center\/Cal Athletic Hall of Fame at noon. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf4f We\u2019re in the middle of winter, but you can relive 2024\u2019s \u201cBrat summer\u201d in a screening of \u201cThe Moment,\u201d Charli XCX\u2019s semi-autobiographical mockumentary that balances satire and the real weight of sudden overnight fame. Screenings run from Friday, Feb. 6 to Thursday, Feb. 12. Rialto Cinemas Elmwood. $15-$17<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf77 The Gilman Wine Block hosts a First Friday open house, featuring local vintages and liberal decanting. Friday, Feb. 6, 3-8 p.m. 5thStreet between Gilman and Camelia. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 West Africa and Jamaica converge when Amikara Music, Karamo Susso, Amina Janta, Ryan the Cool Operator, Toho, and Razor Blade come together to honor Bob Marley\u2019s legacy, a sonic communion rooted in freedom, remembrance, and unity. Friday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m. Ashkenaz.\u00a0$20\/$25<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfb6 The Jazz Lounge at THP South returns with a show by Uruguayan singer, conguero and composer Edgardo Camb\u00f3n with Edgardo & Candela, a top-shelf Bay Area salsa band known for high energy performances. Saturday, Feb. 7, noon. Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfbbPhilharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale presents \u201cBaroque Garlands\u201d, an evening concert of Baroque music performed on period instruments. See the nearly 400-year-old upright bass that played Lincoln\u2019s inauguration, one of the world\u2019s only players of the musette (a French bagpipe) and conductor Nicholas McGegan leading the nation\u2019s leading historically informed orchestra. Saturday, Feb. 7, 2:30 p.m. First Congregational Church. $40-$135, $20 for under 30s<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf93 Join a limited-time screening of the documentary \u201cEpicenter,\u201d which details how Black Studies as a curriculum was brought (with difficulty and success) to key institutions in Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco. A Q&A session featuring the filmmakers Doug and Douglas Harris will follow. Saturday, Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m. UC Berkeley International House. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 Oakland Samba Revue brings a potent mix of samba, forr\u00f3, funk and jazz to La Pe\u00f1a for Baile Brasil, a night of live music and dance preceded by a special dance lesson with Weslei Guimar\u00e3es at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, 8:30 p.m. La Pe\u00f1a Cultural Center. $15-$30<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\uddef\ufe0f Watch a 90-minute documentary detailing \u201cInside the Free Speech Movement\u201d, followed by a Q&A with director Linda Rosen. The documentary features oral history interviews, historic photographs and original sound recordings from the FSM. Sunday, Feb. 8, 2-4 p.m. Berkeley Historical Society and Museum. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 Bears for Palestine is hosting their ninth annual gala with the theme \u201cThe Youth Will Remember.\u201d The gala will showcase Palestine through art, poetry, music and more, and all proceeds raised will support humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza. Tickets are on sale to all community members, including but not limited to Cal students. Sunday, Feb. 8, 2:30 p.m. Pauley Ballroom at UC Berkeley. $39<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfb9 Venezuelan-born piano maestro Edward Simon, the longest serving member of the SFJAZZ Collective, joins the Jazzschool\u2019s resident Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, a talent-packed band featuring many of the region\u2019s finest improvisers. Sunday, Feb. 8, 5:30 p.m. The Jazzschool. $20 ($10 students)<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc83 Dance your heart out in a salsa, merengue and bachata dance series, featuring classes for dancers of all levels. Sign up soon \u2014 tickets are selling out quickly. Classes run from Feb. 9 to March 2. La Pe\u00f1a Cultural Center. $101 (sign up for beginner<\/a> or advanced beginner<\/a> classes)<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcda Author and scholar Dr. Matt Biggar reads from and discusses his new book \u201cConnected to Place: Regenerating Nature, Communities, and Local Economies Through Systems Change,\u201d joined in conversation by Dr. Scott Sampson, executive director of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m. Pegasus Books Downtown. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfb8 In honor of Black History Month the Jazzschool is hosting a weekly series casual talks and listening sessions with local jazz luminaries and this week\u2019s session features guitarist Karl Evangelista on Ornette Coleman. Wednesday, Feb. 11, 12:30 p.m. The Jazzschool. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f\u00a0See more things to do\u00a0in\u00a0Oakland<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Richmond<\/a>.\u00a0And check out our big list of\u00a0affordable things to do<\/a>\u00a0anytime in Berkeley.\u00a0Sign up for our\u00a0weekly arts and culture newsletter<\/a>, The Scene.<\/p>\n If there\u2019s an event you\u2019d like us to consider for this roundup, email us at\u00a0the-scene@berkeleyside.org<\/a>. The deadline to submit events for Around Berkeley is end-of-day Monday. If there\u2019s an event that you\u2019d like to promote on our calendar, you can use the self-submission form on our\u00a0events page<\/a>.<\/p>\n We know that most readers don’t get to the end of the article. But you did! To support our in-depth, rock-solid reporting, please consider making a donation to our nonprofit newsroom today. We rely on our readers \u2014 particularly the ones who read the whole story! <\/p>\n “*” indicates required fields<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gilman Wine Block Party. 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