Samurai Rebellion

Sat · Nov 21·3:30 PM – 5:45 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Samurai Rebellion at BAMPFA showcases Toshiro Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in a blood‑soaked tale of duty‑bound Japan.

Wed · Nov 11·Tool Lending Library · Berkeley

Tool Lending Library closed for holiday, ages 5 and up.

Wed · Nov 11·2155 Center Street Berkeley, CA

Graduate students from African American and African Diaspora Studies and History of Art guide tours of Maren Hassinger’s Living Moving Growing exhibition, free on First Thursdays.

Wed · Nov 11·10:30 AM – 11 AM·Central Library · Berkeley

Spanish storytime with songs in the Central Children’s Room, followed by a Stay and Play for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, for ages 5 and under.

Wed · Nov 11·11 AM – 4 PM·2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94720

Roman Vishniac's historic photographs of pre‑Holocaust Eastern‑European Jewish life, microscopic images, and a multimedia scientific installation are on view at the Magnes.

Wed · Oct 28·12:15 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Exhibition tour of Some Particular Heaven: Ideas of Utopia in the BAMPFA collection at BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley.

Wed · Oct 28·7 PM – 9 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Our Sister Hedy (BAMPFA) — Four grown sisters navigate tangled marriage plots in a charming dramedy, with director Doe Ching’s perfectly cast performances.

Thu · Oct 29·7 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

BAMPFA screens Naeem Mohaiemen’s A Missing Can of Film (2025) and Zahir Raihan’s Stop Genocide (1971), a Soviet‑Realist style documentary of the Bangladesh Liberation War.