Downtown Berkeley Association 
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, 2011
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Downtown Berkeley Association

The DBA works to strengthen the downtown as a vibrant and welcoming urban destination for arts, culture, and commerce through effective advocacy, marketing, and direct services.

Please Join Us  

A Life in Action: Celebrating with Dorothy Walker 

A benefit for Livable Berkeley  

 

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Berkeley Art Museum

2626 Bancroft Way

 

7:00 pm Reception  

7:30 Program

 

Introductions: Narsai David

State Senator Loni Hancock

Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner

Ira Michael Heyman, Chancellor Emeritus

Russ Ellis, Vice Chancellor Emeritus

Will Travis, Executive Director, BCDC

 

Wine & hors d¹oeuvres will be served

 

rsvp: www.livableberkeley.org/dorothywalker 

 

Co-sponsored by

UC Berkeley Government and Community Relations Office

Berkeley Chamber of Commerce

Downtown Berkeley Association

Berkeley Design Advocates

 

info@livableberkeley.org

Landmark Theatre's "Meet the Director" Series features CIRCO Director Aaron Schock 

Sunday, April 17th, movie at 5:45pm; Meet the Director at 7:30pm. 


From the award winning documentary of a family-owned traveling circus in Mexico, CIRCO director Aaron Schock will be an honored guest Sunday, April 17 at the 5:45pm movie showing. After the film, enjoy restaurant quality food and a full bar at Lot 68 lounge and meet the director at 7:30pm. The Lot 68 event is free and open to anyone 21 and over. The film CIRCO will have regular show times April 15-21 in the Bay Area.

Lot 68 Lounge is at Landmark¹s Shattuck Cinemas at 2230 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley (510) 464-5980, at the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Kittredge Street.  

* "FOUR STARS! A GEM OF A DOCUMENTARY... Crisply shot, emotionally frank, and genuinely moving." -Adam Lee Davies, Time Out London
"A RAVISHING PORTRAIT." - Michael Kurcfeld, Huffington Post
"AN EXTRAORDINARY FILM... Powerful and universal." - Sharon Jimenez, Latino Weekly
"TRIUMPHANT...A Riveting patchwork of interconnected family dramas." -
Ernest Hardy, LA Weekly

World Premiere ­ Los Angeles Film Festival
Official Selection ­ BFI London Film Festival
Official Selection ­ SilverDocs Documentary Festival
Winner of the Golden Starfish Award for Best Documentary ­ Hamptons Film Festival

The film¹s running time is 73 minutes; it is not rated. In Spanish with
English subtitles. 
Correction
In the last issue, the dates for UC Berkeley Spring Break were listed incorrectly. The actual date was March 21-25th (last week), not April 21-25th.

And, here's the link again for Rotary International Japan Relief to get the details of their recovery efforts.
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