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a multistory museum with a brown lattice exterior pictured at night, with a white obelisk rising in the background.

Executive actions aim to reshape America’s cultural institutions. UC Berkeley scholars react

April 16, 2025

Dancers from the Joffrey Ballet perform on stage

Cal Performances announces its 2025-26 season

April 15, 2025

an mfa student stands in front of his artwork

Out in Richmond, an unusual facility hosts UC Berkeley’s MFA art studios

April 14, 2025

the Ratliff family of two parents and three adult children walk in the sun

Ahead of ‘The White Lotus’ finale, Berkeley professor unpacks show’s Freudian themes and fantasies

April 3, 2025

an illustration of an eye with a pinwheel of four alternating colors surrounding it, suggesting that the eye is seeing those colors

Do vowels have colors? According to some with synesthesia, yes.

April 2, 2025

A man in his 70s wearing a Stone Harbor hoodie and a Carleton College baseball cap stands in front of a flowering tree and wood-paneled windows

After a 50-year leave of absence, returning to Berkeley’s School of Journalism

April 2, 2025

A wall in an art exhibition of replicas of many famous artworks, like van Gogh's Sunflowers and da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Berkeley Voices: Fakes, replicas and forgeries: What counts as art?

March 31, 2025

Fiona McFarlane holds an award for The Story Prize and smiles

English Professor Fiona McFarlane’s ‘Highway Thirteen’ wins The Story Prize

March 26, 2025

A room of people look at a bespectacled man perched on a desk, legs crossed, with a notebook on his lap.

Ever heard of Fred Ross Sr.? New documentary chronicles the legendary organizer’s work

March 26, 2025

Several hand drawn art books by Caribbean and Latin American artists sit behind glass in an exhibit

From trash to treasure: Library showcases new Latin American book art exhibit

March 24, 2025

Jake Merioles, a student painter, stands with his back to the camera at an easel in Memorial Glade, working on a painting of University Library. The Campanile is sticking up over the top of the library and the sky is blue with small white clouds. Merioles is wearing a black shirt.

Without his Friday painting sessions, Jake Merioles says, ‘I wouldn’t be the person I am today.’

March 24, 2025

Fiona McFarlane juxtaposed next to the cover of her book Highway 13

In 12 short stories, ‘Highway Thirteen’ traces the ripple effects of one man’s violence

March 12, 2025

A performance on stage of the chamber opera The Great Yes, The Great No. There is a projected image of a woman on a backdrop with three performers with spotlights on them in three corners of the stage.

William Kentridge’s ‘The Great Yes, The Great No’ is a voyage of chaos and creativity

March 11, 2025

Sarah Gold McBride and Christine Palmer face one another at a desk, smiling at each other, conveying their close friendship

Berkeley Voices: From Victorian-era letters to Swiftie bracelets, an evolution of American friendship

February 24, 2025

Two actors, who play Jinzo and Catherine in the opera Both Eyes Open, kneel together, holding hands

For 50 years, he’s written about the Japanese American internment. Now, he’s turning to opera.

February 10, 2025

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This BAMPFA documentary series explores the unseen side of climate change

January 31, 2025