Events at Berkeley

Seven acrobatic performers dressed like pro wrestlers perform a scene in a ring

Arts & culture

Circus arts meet pro wrestling in a raucous theatrical performance

On Oct. 5 and 6, Cal Performances is presenting SLAM!, a gravity-defying circus arts performance that may leave audiences rethinking what’s possible on theatrical stages.

Two students hold an Israeli flag and two students hold up a Palestinian flag standing next to one another on the Berkeley campus with at least one hundred students on Sproul Plaza in the background

Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: Legal scholars on free speech challenges facing universities today

The white cover of an artist book with a sepia-toned drawing of an eye next to a row of several vials labeled things like,

Arts & culture

Artists’ books shine in new exhibit at the UC Berkeley Library

Aileen Liu, Hernan Garcia, Christian Paiz and Arianne Eason sit in chairs on a dark stage and talk

Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: What is understanding? Berkeley scholars discuss

Rich Lyons, the university's new chancellor, offers words of wisdom for incoming scholars.

At fall convocation, campus leaders urge 9,000 new students to discover the ‘Berkeley Way’

Michael Pollan and Mina Kim sit on stage in conversation

Berkeley Talks: It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan. Storytelling does, too.

a colorful gradient background with four headshots of Dacher Keltner, Lisa Damour, Allison Briscoe-Smith and Maurissa Horwitz

Berkeley Talks: The science behind the emotions in ‘Inside Out 2’

Headshots of two educators Hilary Walker and Chris Mah side by side

Equity Leadership Now!: Embracing AI literacy in education

Berkeley Talks: Journalist Jemele Hill on the intersection of sports and race (revisiting)

Michael Waldman and Maria Echeveste talk on stage in front of an audience

Berkeley Talks: How the Supreme Court divided America

Camilo and five other AileyCampers practice a dance on stage in 2009

Dance prepared him for the NFL. It began with a Berkeley summer camp.

Berkeley Talks: Reconsidering Black America’s relationship to the plantation

two photos side of side: on the left, the cover of the book, A Thousand Small Sanities; and on the right, a portrait of Adam Gopnik.

Berkeley Talks: Adam Gopnik on what it takes to keep liberal democracies alive

four musicians perform in a redwood grove at the UC Botanical Garden as an audience watches from an amphitheater above.

UC Botanical Garden summer concert series in full swing

Sonali Deraniyagala and Ramona Naddaff talk on stage for a UC Berkeley event

Berkeley Talks: ‘Wave’ memoirist on writing about unimaginable loss

Graduating Native students stand in a line wearing their graduation caps and gowns and gorgeous Native blankets wrapped around their shoulders

Slideshow: A glimpse at community graduations 2024

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