Join us for the City of Berkeley's annual Harvest Festival, a chance to honor the Fall with live music, kids' activities, and celebrate our city's thriving culture of growing and making our own food.
This year's festival will celebrate foods grown, harvested, and prepared by members of the Berkeley community. To inspire more urban farming, homemade food, and healthier eating, the Food and Garden Expo will host:
Crop Swap - Bring your garden's surplus and exchange it with other gardeners.
Seed Swap - Swap garden seeds and share gardening tips. Don't have any seeds to swap? No problem! We will have a generous supply of organic vegetable and flowers seeds on hand (while supplies last).
Food Contests - Enter your best homemade pie, pickled vegetables, cookies, jam, and other homemade goods or homegrown produce. Although all food entries must feature a main ingredient that could feasibly be grown in Berkeley, the actual ingredient does not need to have been grown in Berkeley. All participants will receive recognition and ribbons will be awarded in each category.
In addition, there will be guided tours of nearby community gardens, as well as "from garden to table" cooking demonstrations. Participating organizations include the Ecology Center, Transition Berkeley, Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative, and BUSD Gardening and Cooking Program. Spiral Gardens will be displaying plants and starters appropriate for home gardeners.
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11am to 4pm, Cedar Rose Park
Come to the Berkeley Marina to celebrate the restoration of the sculpture "Calliope" by Joseph Slusky.
This restoration is part of the City of Berkeley Public Art Program.
12 noon to 2pm, Berkeley Marina
An evening of varied performances contemplating breath. Experience the unique sounds of shakuhachi virtuoso Masayuki Koga, the live calligraphy painting of Aoi Yamaguchi, the solo dance artistry of Dana Iova-Koga, and haunting music from Oakland-based duo Ghost Lore.
7pm to 9pm, BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street
Mark Scibilia opens. $17 adv / $20 door. 644-2020. www.thefreight.org
8pm, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States
Reconnaissance Fly is a team of goofball composers and superhero sidemen who deploy progressive rock, jazz, funk, avant-pop, and free improvisation against the forces of tedium. Members are Brett Carson on keys, Rich Lesnik on reeds, Polly Moller on vocals, flute, and guitar, Larry the O on drums and percussion, and Tim Walters on bass. Their show celebrates their new EP, Off By One, soon to be available from Bandcamp.
Plus Carl Weingarten an American guitarist, photographer, and founder of the independent music label Multiphase Records. Described as "one of the best indie musicians working today" by the San Francisco Chronicle, Carl is best known for his atmospheric sound and use of the slide guitar and Dobro. Weingarten has played a significant role in the progressive independent music scene since the 1980s, recording numerous solo and collaborative instrumental albums.
An early practitioner of the recording/performing technique called Looping, Carl's techno-pop trio Delay Tactics used tape and later digital delays as the heart of their sound. Carl has since toured nationally as both a soloist and session guitarist, adding his unique atmospheric guitar in rock, jazz and ambient music settings. Carl's music has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and the syndicated radio programs Hearts of Space, New Sounds, and Echoes. His 2002 CD escapesilence was voted the #1 album on the annual Echoes Listener's Poll. In 2012 Carl's CD Panomorphia, was honored by the Zone Music Reporter during an awards ceremony in New Orleans as ZMR's best "Chill/Groove" CD of the year. Carl's follow up CD Life Under Stars was nominated in 2015 by Zone Music Reporter in the Best Instrumental Album category.
8pm to 10pm, 2133 University Ave
Time TBA; $ TBA. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
8pm, Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States
No. 2 in G Major; No. 11 in F Minor, Serioso; No.13 in B-flat Major, with Finale. $72.
642-9988. www.calperformances.org
8pm, Hertz Hall, UB Campus, Berkeley, CA, United States