Art & Culture
Fine Art Painting Classes
 This graphic marks classes that seniors may enjoy.
Acrylic Painting
Acrylics are a versatile medium which offers many possibilities and ways of speaking. Each idea speaks best through a different technique. A variety of techniques will be taught such as glazing, impasto, stenciling, collaging, gold leaf, and mixed media. Janet Lipkin, BFA, Instructor, works included in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Pre-registration required.
Fridays, 10:00- 4pm (Instruction & Lab)
Starts March 24 (8 weeks) = $150 + BRJCC site fee: $10/semester (Jan 1- Apr. 30).
? Call Janet at
Let Me Bring Out the Painter in You! A Drawing & Painting Class
No experience necessary! Open to beginners as well as advanced students. Individual instruction. You'll learn: drawing in preparation for painting, composition, painting techniques and "your choice with my guidance."
Richard J. Wheeler, Instructor, Impressionist Painter
Tuesdays, 9:30-12:30pm; BRJCC site fee: $10/semester (Jan 1- Apr. 30).
Co-sponsored with the Berkeley Adult School
Poetry
KOL ISHA - JEWISH WOMEN?S VOICES UNBOUND: Creativity, Scholarship and Performance - Follow Up Workshops
Follow up events for Kol Isha ? Jewish Women?s Voices Unbound:
* April 10 - Mills College, with Susannah Heschel and Yolanda King
* April 30 ? 10:30 am (brunch) The Creative Dialogue: Jewish Women in Prose and Poetry - A Conversation and Reading with Chana Bloch and Elizabeth Rosner, BRJCC
LOCATION: Concert Hall at Mills College: 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613.
Sponsored by generous grants from: Koret Foundation Funds, Emily L. Blank and Daniel G. Weiss, Eva Lokey, Alan and Susan Rothernberg, Morton and Amy Rothschild Friedkin, Ilene Weinreb and Hagafen Cellars
? To register call or www.mills.edu/academics/grants_and_special_programs/kol_isha/index.php
Book Clubs
Jewish Literature, Identity and Imagination: "Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming"
Held at the Kensington Library, 61 Arlington Avenue, Kensington
Book lovers! Don?t miss this five-part series designed to offer participants an opportunity to read, analyze and discuss the best in comtemporary Jewish literature with Naomi Seidman, Director of the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union.
The book selections are:
* Mar. 11 Out of Egypt by Andre Aciman
* April 8 The Centaur in the G arden by Moacyr Scliar
* May 13 Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
Saturdays, Mar. 11, April 8 & May 13, 2:00 pm
Fee: FREE - Preregistration recommended
? For more information or to register call Liz Ruhland or
Let?s Talk About It: Jewish Literature, a reading and discussion series, has been made possible through a grant from Nextbook and the American Library Association.
50+ Single?s Books, Discussions and Fellowship Group
Interested in meeting other 50+ singles for lively discussions on books and variety of topics, then this group is perfect for you. Discussion followed by lunch at a local restaurant (optional).
Sundays, Mar. 19, April 23, May 21, 10:30 am ? 12:00 pm
Fee: FREE
? For more information call Aliza at or
Meet the Authors
Joshua Sobol: The Right to Resist: The Playwright's Perspective on Moral Dilemmas in Times of War
Joshua Sobol, Israel's foremost playwright, will speak about the role of the artist in a society in troubled times. The talk will focus on his play Iwitness, which will have its US premier in March 2006. Based on the true story of an Austrian farmer, who refused to serve under the Nazis, the play has provocative resonance in Israeli society today.
The presentation will include a staged reading of an excerpt of Iwitness by Traveling Jewish Theater.
Thursday, Mar. 30, 7:30 pm
Suggested donation: $5 donation
Co-sponsored with Beth El and Osher Marin JCC.
? For more information or to register call x132 or
World Beware: American Triumphalism in an Age of Terror by Theodore Roszak
Renowned social commentator Theodore Roszak articulates a biting critique of the American political and cultural scene dating back to the conservative backlash of the Reagan presidency. World, Beware! analyzes three major forces that have coalesced to produce the triumphalist policies that now dominate U.S. politics: the corporate elite, the neoconservative intelligentsia, and the fundamentalist churches.
Sunday, April 2, 7:00 pm
FREE
Held at Black Oak Books, 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
Co-sponsored with Black Oak Books
? For more information call or www.blackoakbooks.com
A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York by Tony Michels
The Yiddish socialist movement, founded in the 1880?s, shaped Jewish communities across the United States well into the 20th century and left an important political legacy that extends to the rise of neoconservatism. In a compelling history of the Jewish community in New York, Tony Michels brings to vivid life this formative period for American Jews and the American left.
Tuesday, April 4, 7:30 pm
FREE
Held at Black Oak Books, 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
Co-sponsored with Black Oak Books
? For more information call or www.blackoakbooks.com
The Front Lines Of Social Change ? Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade with author/photographer Richard Bermack
?I?ve never been part of a struggle that won, but I feel like the richest man in the world,? states Lincoln Vet Abe Osheroff.
?Activism is the elixir of life,? states Milt Wolff, the last commander of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Richard Bermack?s photography exhibit and presentation takes the audience on the remarkable journey of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, from the Spanish Civil War to the present, mapping the progressive struggles of the last half century. Highlighting how these activists dealt with McCarthy Era persecution, Stalin?s atrocities, the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, and the U.S. war in Iraq, Bermack brings to life tales of uncompromising valor and integrity. Co-sponsored with Black Oak Books
Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 pm ? reception, 7:30 pm - program
Suggested donation: $5
? For more information or to register call x132 or
Eat, Drink, and Weigh Less: A Flexible and Delicious Way to Shrink Your Waist Without Going Hungry, by Mollie Katzen and Dr. Walter C. Willett
Rescheduled! New Date May 21, 7:30pm at Black Oak Books
Berkeley?s beloved mega-bestselling cookbook author Mollie Katzen teams up with Dr. Walter C. Willett, the head of Harvard School of Public Health?s Department of Nutrition to offer this medically sound, extremely effective program. People can lose weight by adding delicious, easy-to-prepare foods to their diet and making simple changes in what they eat throughout the day using this easy plan with fail-safe results. Reception at Berkeley Vintage Wines on Vine St following event. Co-sponsored with Black Oak Books
Thursday, April 6, 7:30 pm
FREE
Held at Black Oak Books, 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
Co-sponsored with Black Oak Books
? For more information call or www.blackoakbooks.com
Not Me by Michael Lavigne
What would you do if you found out that your father had been hiding a terrible secret his entire life and ultimately, living a lie? In Michael Lavigne?s debut novel, he carves a new portal into the depthless mystery of the Holocaust, writing insightfully and imaginatively about the survival instinct and the thorny love between fathers and sons.
Monday, April 24, 7:30 pm
FREE
Co-sponsored with Black Oak Books and Café Europa
? For more information or to register call x132 or
Kabbalah of Creation: The Mysticism of Isaac Luria, Founder of Modern Kabbalah, translation and commentary by Rabbi Eliyahu Klein
Poetic, erotic renditions of all the human biological processes, including love making, conception, birth, maturation, and death, in a cosmic octave and mystical perspective.
Come schmooze with the authors! Books for sale. Light refreshments provided.
Wednesday, April 26, 7:30 pm
$10-$20 sliding scale, to benefit The Aquarian Minyan
Cosponsored with The Aquarian Minyan
? For more information call or or www.www.aquarianminyan.org
The Downing St. Memo by Mark Danner
In his new book Danner examines the famous memo that proved to the world how the Bush administration made its decision to invade Iraq -- without solid evidence or intention of avoiding war. Mark Danner (professor at UC Berkeley?s Graduate School of Journalism) has been a staff writer at The New Yorker and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books since 1990.
Wednesday, May 3, 7:30 pm
Fee: $10, date to buy tickets TBA
Cosponsored with Black Oak Books and Global Exchange
Suitcase Sefton and the American Dream by Jay Feldman
Mac "Suitcase" Sefton is a scout for the New York Yankees, who discovers a left-handed pitcher in a Japanese-American internment camp in the Arizona desert during World War II. His contact with the pitcher, the pitcher's family, and other internees inevitably leads to a culture clash, causing Sefton to confront his own life and values. Through the filter of baseball, the book addresses issues of personal integrity, racism, internment, and American values and dreams.
Thursday, May 4, 7:30 pm
FREE
Held at Black Oak Books, 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
Co-sponsored with Black Oak Books
? For more information call or www.blackoakbooks.com
War Orphan in San Francisco: Letters Link a Family Scattered by World War II by author Phyllis Mattson
In 1940, as a result of Hitler?s plans to eradicate Jews, 10 year old Lizzi left Vienna by joining a transport of children seeking refuge in America. Two weeks later she began her new life in San Francisco getting a new name , Phyllis, and having to learn a new language. Her family is scattered on three continents, but linked by letters. Phyllis Mattson?s moving memoir is a coming of age story told through family letters.
Sunday, May 7, 2:00 pm
FREE
Co-sponsored with Café Europa
? For more information or to register call x132 or
Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and Helped Send George W. Bush to the White House by Sasha Abramsky
More than 4 million Americans, mainly poor, black, and Latino, have lost the right to vote, the most basic right of a democracy. Felony disenfranchisement laws remove the vote from people who are in prison or on parole, and, in several states, for the rest of their lives. Award-winning journalist Sasha Abramsky takes us on a journey from the Pacific Northwest to Miami, detailing the revival of laws that originated in the post?Civil War segregationist South. Abramsky shows how this growing problem has played a decisive role in elections nationwide ? including the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
Tuesday, May 16, 7:30 pm
FREE
Held at Black Oak Books, 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
Co-sponsored with Black Oak Books
? For more information call or www.blackoakbooks.com
The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, translation and commentary by Daniel C. Matt
Daniel C. Matt, one of the world?s foremost authorities on Jewish mysticism, spent the past four years in Jerusalem completing the first phase of this immense project: a 12-volume, annotated English translation of the Zohar. Come schmooze with the authors! Books for sale. Light refreshments provided.
Wednesday, May 24, 7:30 pm
$10-$20 sliding scale, to benefit The Aquarian Minyan
Cosponsored with The Aquarian Minyan
? For more information call or or www.www.aquarianminyan.org
An Evening with Father Michael Hensley Lapsley
Father Michael Lapsley is an internationally known anti-apartheid activist from Cape Town, South Africa. In April of 1990, Michael lost both hands and an eye when he opened a letter bomb. His own healing process served as an inspiration for the creation of the Institute for the Healing of Memories. Tikkun Olam echoes in the Institute?s commitment to the healing journey of individuals, communities and nations, doing trauma work that is group-based, culturally sensitive, and uses expressive arts and rituals. Join us for a fascinating evening!
Thursday, May 25, 7:30 pm
Suggested donation: $10-$20
Co-sponsored with Black Oak Books
? For more information call Jerry Diller or
Sacred Therapy: Jewish Spiritual Teachings on Emotional Healing and Inner Wholeness, by Estelle Frankel
Join therapist-author, Estelle Frankel, for an evening of sacred storytelling, text study, and discussion on the interface of Kabbalah and psychology and learn how Jewish spiritual teachings and practices illuminate the healing journey. The Aquarian Minyan invites you to attend its monthly author series, featuring Minyan members who have recently published books. Come schmooze with the authors! Books will be for sale. Light refreshments will be provided.
Tuesday, June 20, 7:30 pm
$10-$20 sliding scale, to benefit The Aquarian Minyan
? For more information call or or www.www.aquarianminyan.org
Reel Film Series
Watermarks
A fascinating documentary of Hakoah Vienna, formed in response to the notorious "Aryan Paragraph," forbidding Austrian sports clubs from accepting Jews. Sixty-five years later, director Yaron Zilberman met the champion women swimmers and arranged a reunion at their old pool in Vienna. "Watermarks" is the saga of seven outstanding athletes who still swim daily as they age with grace. Above all, it is a celebration of life.
Sunday, Mar. 12, 2:00 pm
Suggested donation: $5
Co-sponsored with Café Europa
? For more information or to register call x110 or
New to DVD!: Film and Interactive Discussion Series
Did you miss a movie while it was playing in the theater and would love a second chance to view it with a friendly group? Or have you recently seen a film you?d like to see again. Then don?t pass up this opportunity to see the film, share your insights and opinions in a lively facilitated group led by George Porter. Light refreshments.
April 26: The Constant Gardener
May 3: The Squid and the Whale
May 17: Capote
May 31: June Bug
June 7: Syriana
June 21: You and Me and Everybody We Know
(films subject to change without notice, please call to confirm)
April 26, May 3, May 17, 31, June 7, June 21, 7:00-10:00 pm
Suggested donation: $3 for seniors and BRJCC members, $5 public
? For more information or to register call x132 or
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