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Berkeley Talks: Musician Lara Downes celebrates the sound of America

The acclaimed pianist reflects on music’s power to unite across division and express the nation’s most complicated emotions over the past 250 years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shadow puppets and revenge: Manual Cinema’s new take on ‘Macbeth’

Encores and sold-out performances: The UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra tours Europe

Carol Christ, UC Berkeley chancellor emerita, appointed Cal Performances board of trustees co-chair

Cal Performances announces its 2025-26 season

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

Musical gifts: New campus performance hall, an unprecedented surge in music majors

Circus arts meet pro wrestling in a raucous theatrical performance - Photos

Two centuries later, performance spaces still struggle with ‘soft censorship’

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

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