Arts & culture

Being on stage terrified her. So she majored in theater.

Graduating student Kelly Mou moved to the U.S. in sixth grade, navigating language barriers and a deep fear of speaking. At UC Berkeley, she learned to find her natural voice and started a theater company.

Literature

UC Berkeley Summer Reading List: Books that bring us together

People

From L.A. to the East Bay, a student finds her Oaxacan community at Berkeley

Arts & culture

120 years of artistry: Cal Performances announces its 2026-27 season

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Why we still can’t get enough of Shakespeare after all these centuries

The Nordic folklore behind the Joffrey Ballet’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Go back in time with these five vintage Berkeley maps

Music department seeks to expand private lessons amid surging student demand

From Sproul Plaza to 924 Gilman: How the East Bay helped define punk’s radical legacy

Berkeley Talks: How 17th-century moveable scenery shaped modern theater - Audio

Psychedelic film series at BAMPFA opens doors to other worlds - Video

UC Berkeley Library opens student-led exhibition on Etruscan civilization

How Emily Dickinson’s musical poetry pushes us to live more expansively

In 18th‑century China, these artists made Europeans’ portraits. Only now are their identities emerging.

This Berkeley professor is exposing the hidden physical toll of our digital world

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