he opening of a one-month-long “pop-up” exhibit recalling the Firestorm
In 1991 the then-worst urban fire in American history swept out of the hills behind Berkeley, destroying in one afternoon more than 3,000 homes and killing dozens. The Firestorm only grazed Berkeley—burning several blocks of homes in the southeast corner of the city—but still had a strong impact on our community.
The opening program will include a talk by Berkeley native and retired Berkeley Fire Chief Debra Pryor. As a captain of the Berkeley Fire Department, she was on the fire line that day.
The exhibit features an evocative array of black and white photographs of the burned area soon after the Firestorm. The photographer, Harold Adler, will be on hand to discuss how he took the photographs and his own recollections of the Firestorm.
The 1991 Firestorm was not the first natural disaster to threaten urban Berkeley. Major wildfires in the Berkeley Hills go back to 1906 at least. So the exhibit will also include some materials on other fires, including the 1923 Berkeley Fire that destroyed more than 600 homes, and the “forgotten fire” of 1937, which burned much of the brush- and grass-covered hills of North Oakland that would burn again in 1991.
The exhibit will be up for just one month--October 2 through Saturday, November 5.
Exhibit curated by Phyllis Gale and Steven Finacom for the Berkeley Historical Society.
Telephone 848-0181
Wheelchair Accessible
http://www.berkeleyhistoricalsociety.org/
1pm to 2pm, Berkeley Historical Society Veterans Memorial Building 1931 Center Street
$36-$126. 642-9988. cal performances.org
3pm, Zellerbach Hall, 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Sensational Crowden School alumni Kenneth Renshaw (violin) and Audrey Vardanega (piano) reunite at their alma mater for a concert of Mozart, Schubert, Bach, and Brahms. A rare chance to catch these rising young international stars together back here at home!
* Mozart Sonata in E minor K. 304
* Schubert Impromptu No. 1 in C minor, Op. 90
* Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat minor, Op. 90
* Bach "Chaconne" from Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin
* Brahms Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Free "Meet-the-Artists" reception following the concert.
"Like John Lennon and Paul McCartney, violinist Kenneth Renshaw and pianist Audrey Vardanega met in middle school-in their case at Berkeley's Crowden School, an incubator for all sorts of musical talent - and they've been collaborating ever since."
- San Francisco Chronicle
Crowden presents chamber music to the public with Sundays @ Four, our series of low-cost, informal concerts featuring distinguished chamber musicians. Artists speak about each work and share their personal observations and inspirations in these intimate concerts, then mingle with the audience in receptions after the performance.
Tickets: $25 general admission, $20 seniors/students 18+, and free for children under 18.
4pm to 5:30pm, Crowden Music Center 1475 Rose Street
Duo Moderna (Monica Chew and Jerry Kuderna) presents an all Bartok-recital featuring the two piano version of Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19. Depending on whom you ask, the Miraculous Mandarin is either a lurid tale of a young woman sexually exploited by three tramps and a seemingly-unstoppable Mandarin, or a tale of redemptive power of embracing all that is alien and terrifying in ourselves. The first half of the program includes the incredibly beautiful Improvisations, op. 20, played by Jerry, and Etudes, op. 18, played by Monica.
4pm to 6pm, Berkeley Arts Fesitval 2133 University Avenue
Zhou Hao
China, 2014
Zhou Hao and Rachel Stern in conversation.
The lives and (mis)fortunes of the unseen labor behind China’s cotton industry are profiled in Zhou’s 2014 documentary. Winner, Best Documentary, Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival.
7pm to 8pm, 2155 Center Street