Arts & Events

Worth Noting:

Rosh Hashanah begins Sunday evening and ends Tuesday evening.

City Council - The Agenda committee meets on Wednesday at 2:30 pm and the Regular City Council meeting is Thursday evening at 6 pm. A special Council meeting is listed for 5 pm on Thursday in the agenda packet on oversight of the General Obligation bond, however, this meeting is not officially posted. Links for special meetings preceding regular Council meetings usually use the same videoconference and teleconference links.



Tuesday - The 3 x 3 Committee meeting at 5 pm on Tuesday lists North Berkeley BART in the Agenda.

Wednesday – The last January 6th hearing is supposed to start at 9:30 am PDT. Agenda committee at 2:30 pm, the 4 x 4 Committee at 3 pm, Environment and Climate at 5 pm, Civic Arts at 6 pm, Disaster and Fire Safety and the Police Accountability Board both meet at 7 pm.

Thursday – Multi-commission meeting at 11 am on civic Center, Council starts with closed session at 4:30 pm, expected special meeting at 5 pm and regular meeting at 6 pm. Waterfront bike Park meeting at 6:30 pm.

Friday – Elmwood business district meets at 9 am and IKE Kiosks are on the agenda. Civic Arts Grant subcommittee meets at 9:30 am.



The Housing Element Draft Environmental Impact Report is a plan for adding 19,098 housing units not the RHNA 8,934. As stated at the Planning Commission in the presentation, the larger number is to push changing zoning in the City of Berkeley. The Comment Period ends October 17, 2022 at 5 pm. The document including appendices is over 500 pages.

https://berkeleyca.gov/construction-development/land-use-development/general-plan-and-area-plans/housing-element-update



Don’t forget to check for meetings posted on short notice https://berkeleyca.gov/



Sunday, September 25, 2022 - Rosh Hashanah begins -more-

On Sunday afternoon, September 25, Dover Quartet, which was hailed by BBC Music Magazine as “one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years,” performed at UC Berkeley’s Hertz Hall under the auspices of Cal Performances. Dover Quartet is comprised of Joel Link, 1st violin, Bryan Lee, 2nd violin, Hezekiah Leung, viola, and Camden Shaw, cello. On the program for this concert were Franz Joseph Haydn’s Quartet in C Major, Op. 76, No. 3, Emperor; the Quartet for Strings (in one movement) by Amy Beach; and Felix Mendelssohn’s Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3. -more-

On Friday, September 23, San Francisco Symphony kicked off its 2022-23 season with an Opening Night Gala Concert and After-Party. Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen led the orchestra, chorus and guest artists in music from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Felix Mendelssohn. African-American Shakespeare Company performed scenes from Shakespeare’s play interspersed between music Mendelssohn composed for each scene. Mendelssohn’s music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream actually spans nearly his entire career, since his Overture was composed in 1826 and in 1843 he added music for seven scenes from Shakespeare’s play. -more-