Spring 2024 Events

Four young people stand singing with scripts in hand

Sabrina Saleha, Sage Hemstreet, Zoey Reyes and Honokee Dunn during staged readings of "Diné Nishłį(i am a sacred being) or, A Boarding School Play"by Blossom Johnson. Image by David Allen

ARC offered a stellar slate of free, public events this spring, including our new lunchtime series, The Loft Hour, to showcase new arts faculty; an inaugural showcase of AlterTheater’s Indigenous Performing Arts Residency with Blossom Johnson's Diné Nishłį or, A Boarding School Play; a celebration of Mother Language Day; and a raft of poetry readings, craft talks, and writing workshops. Read on for the details of Spring 2024 events and check out past events in our archive.

Spring 2024 Events

Reading by Deborah Miranda

in conversation with Estelle Tarica

January 29, 2024 at 2pm | Maude Fife Rm 315, Wheeler Hall

Presented by the Arts Research Center with co-sponsorship from the Departments of English and Spanish & Portuguese, and the Center for Race & Gender

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Reclamation Poetry Gathering with Natalie Diaz, Craig Santos Perez, and Beth Piatote

February 15 - 18, 2024 | BAMPFA & ARC

Organized by the Arts Research Center with generous support from The Engaging the Senses Foundation, and co-sponsored by the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Townsend Center, the English Department, Center for Race & Gender, and an Arts & Humanities Community Building Grant

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Mother Language Day Celebration

Featuring work or performances by: Aliosha Pittaka Bielenberg, Maura Adela Cruz, Talia Dixon, Sierra Edd, Henry Leonel Sales Hernandez, Jesus Nazario, Zachary O’Hagan, Tzintia Montano Ramirez, Masi Santos & Pa Vue

February 21, 2024 at 10am | ARC, Hearst Field Annex D23

Led by the Indigenous Poetics Lab at the Arts Research Center, in partnership with the DE in Indigenous Language Revitalization

The Loft Hour: Solmaz Sharif (English) + Darian Longmire (Art Practice)

in conversation with Anneka Lenssen

February 22, 2024 at 12pm | ARC, Hearst Field Annex D23

Sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the Deans Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities

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Esther Belin: Lunch Poems Reading + Craft Talk

March 7, 2024 at 12pm | Morrison Library & ARC

Presented by the Arts Research Center and the English Dept, with support from Dr. and Mrs. Tom Colby, the Berkeley Library, the Morrison Library Fund, the Dean’s Office of the College of Letters and Science, and Poets & Writers, Inc.

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The Loft Hour: Iggy Cortez (Film & Media) + Juan David Rubio Restrepo (Music)

in conversation with Salar Memeni

March 21, 2024 at 12pm | ARC, Hearst Field Annex D23

Sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the Deans Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities

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Diné Nishłį (i am a sacred being) or, A Boarding School Play by Blossom Johnson

April 10 - 13, 2024 | Durham Studio Theater & ARC

Co-sponsored by a partnership between the Arts Research Center, the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, and AlterTheater, with support from generous donors to the Berkeley Crowdfunding initiative promoting Equity and Inclusion and the Venturous Theater Fund

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Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading, featuring Marisa Lin and Cianga

April 17, 2024 at 5pm | ARC, Hearst Field Annex D23

Sponsored by the Arts Research Center

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The Loft Hour: Cathy Park Hong (English) + Timmia Hearn DeRoy (TDPS)

April 18, 2024 at 12pm | ARC, Hearst Field Annex D23

Sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the Deans Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities

Townsend Center Presents: Ocean Vuong

Reading co-sponsored by Arts Research Center

Friday April 5, 2024