Arts & Events

Conductor Karina Canellakis Demonstrates Her Chops in Works by Strauss and Ravel

Reviewed by James Roy MacBean
Monday April 22, 2024 - 05:53:00 PM

In this, her third stint as Guest Conductor at San Francisco Symphony, Karina Canellakis clearly affirmed her mastery of the symphonic music of Richard Strauss, whose tone poems Don Juan and Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) are featured in a three-day appearance that opened at Davies Hall on Thursday, April 18 at a 2:00 PM matinee, which I attended. Canellakis, an American conductor born in New York of Greek and Russian parents, had previously shown her affinity for Strauss’s orchestral works in an inspiring performance in May 2022 of Don Quixote, with Alise Weilierstein on cello. -more-


THE BERKELEY ACTIVIST'S CALENDAR: April 21-28

Kelly Hammargren
Monday April 22, 2024 - 05:07:00 PM

Worth Noting:

The Agenda Committee meets at the unusual day, Thursday, April 25 and the unusual time of 12 pm to review and finalize the agenda which currently lists 60 agenda items for the first City Council meeting on May 7 after the lengthy spring recess.

Check the City website for late announcements and meetings posted on short notice at: https://berkeleyca.gov/

It is spring. Before you go out and make all kinds of gardening mistakes watch the online Bringing Back the Native Garden Tour https://www.youtube.com/c/BringingBacktheNativesGardenTour and follow-up with the in person Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour.

Save May 4 and May 5 for in person (free) native garden tours. Sign up for in-person native garden tours at https://www.bringingbackthenatives.net/view-gardens

On the May 4 garden tour at Keith Johnson and Erin Diehm’s house are the displays of how to make your windows bird safe with DIY acopian blinds and different examples of window film.



  • Tuesday, April 23, 2024: From 4:30 – 5:30 pm is the free city sponsored Yoga Class
  • Wednesday, April 24, 2024:
    • From 4:30 – 5:30 pm is the free city sponsored Yoga Class.
    • At 6 pm the Environment and Climate Commission meets in person with Berkeley Green Code Amendments.
    • At 6:30 pm the Human Welfare and Community Action Commission meets in the hybrid format for commissioners, however, the public can only attend in person.
  • Thursday, April 25, 2024:
    • At 12 pm the Agenda and Rules Committee meets in the hybrid format with 60 items on the May 7 draft agenda.
    • At 6:30 pm the Community Health Commission meets in person. At 7 pm the Mental Health Commission meets in person with the SCU on the agenda.
    • At 7 pm the Zoning Adjustment Board (ZAB) meets in the hybrid format.
  • Saturday: April 27, 2024:
    • From 11 am – 4 pm is the Berkeley Bay Festival at the Marina.
    • From 12:30 – 2 pm is Aqua Zumba at King Pool ($20/person).
    • From 1 – 4 pm is the free class on managing difficult mental health situations in disasters.
At the bottom are the directions for getting on or off the email list for the Activist’s Calendar and Activist’s Diary and how to make the most out of ZOOM with closed captioning, zoom transcripts, saving the Chat and converting YouTube to a transcript.



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