Rental Inquires: maketv@aol.com / 510-843-3699
EBMC's Performance / Meeting Space is available for screenings, solo, small performances, theatre, comedy, lectures, workshops, auditions, classes, seminars, photo and video shoots, readings, recitals, parties and musical events.
"A sometimes neglected community gem, surrounded by more recognized venues of different sorts, the EBMC is one with maximum integrity and intensive usefulness, on Addison near Milvia, "at the frontier of the Berkeley Arts District," as Mel Vapour, Director, puts it with a smile. -Ken Bullock - Berkeley Daily Planet
Located in Berkeleys Downtown Arts District at 1939 Addison Street. 1 block from Downtown Berkeley Bart
Contact for availability & terms: 510.843.3699 - maketv@aol.com.
Below find current & several past screenings and solo performers events
Click on the East Bay Media Center Donate button with the PAYPAL button below to purchase tickets and make donations:
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TO OUR COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS,
THE PERFORMANCE SPACE WILL REOPEN UPON NOTIFICATION FROM THE CITY OF BERKELEY, ALAMEDA COUNTY
AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INDICATING IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO CONDUCT PERFORMANCES, SCREENINGS AND EVENT GATHERINGS
ONCE AGAIN. EBMC'S BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL WORKABILITY & TRANSITION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTIFICATION. TEENS SHOULD REMAIN HOME DURING THIS TIME.
WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR PATRONS TO REMAIN SAFE FROM COVID-19 AND ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES
OUTLINED BY THE CITY OF BERKELEY'S HEALTH OFFICER:
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/coronavirus-service-notices/
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Now exhibiting 40@ of GUY COLWELL'S 'MICRO-PAINTINGS' December 1st thru January 31st, 2020.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Dr.Jane Goodall with Guy Colwell painting
Leonardo purchased for Goodall in 2018.
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Playreading with Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
Hosted by DIASPORA ARTS CONNECTION JULY 21
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PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE ADDED FRIDAY APRIL 26TH AT 7:30PM
CLICK ON THE GRAPHIC ABOVE TO LINK TO THE BEST OF BVFF SCHEDULE
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Tickets available at the door, on our website by clicking the donate button and on Eventbrite
Tickets available at the door, on our website by clicking the donate button and on Eventbrite
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Tickets available at the door, on our website by clicking the donate button and on Eventbrite
CLICK THE ABOVE GRAPHIC TO BE DIRECTED TO THE BVFF 2018 WEBSITE
BVFF2018 Tix at Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/east-bay-media-center-13405873795
or
Purchase BVFF2018 Festival 3 day pass-$35. or $10. Tix
by clicking the DONATE button below,
write in which film(s) your Tix is for:
FESTIVAL PASSES AND TICKETS AVAILABLE SEE ABOVE
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"CITIZEN CLARK...A LIFE OF PRINCIPLE" by JOE STILLMAN & LA PALOMA FILMS -
TWO SCREENINGS - SATURDAY JULY 28 & SUNDAY JULY 29 BOTH SCREEN AT 5PM
$12. TICKETS - CLICK ON DONATE BUTTON BELOW:
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Summer Teen Media Camp 2018 Form.pdf
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Diaspora Arts Connection proudly presents a rare screening of Hossein Khandan’s “Another Salute” (سلامی دیگر) on Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 3:00 pm. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the director,Hossein Khandan.
About the film: After receiving the 2000 Akira Kurosawa Award, Abbas Kiarostami immediately gave it away to honor the renowned and exiled actor Behrouz Vossoughi, from the generation preceding the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 3:00 – 5:00 pm
East Bay Media Center
About Hossein Khandan
Later that year, Khosrow Shakibaei—one of the best actors after the Iranian Revolution—tried to find and meet Behrouz Voussoughi. Any attempt to meet Behrouz Vossoughi, whose name and picture are banned in Iran, would have put Khosrow Shakibaei’s acting career in Iran in jeopardy.
After the unexpected death of Khosrow Shakibaei in July 2008, Hossein Khandan, director of “Another Salute” received consent from Khosrow’s family to release the film.
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A Talk with Author Richard Schwartz and his new book on M.B. Curtis.
Sunday May 20th at 2pm FREE Admission - Donations to East Bay Media Center always welcome.
“M. B. Curtis was a Berkeley eccentric who changed the town more than anyone has ever done. He also is the only person in the history of America that personally paid to light the Statue of Liberty when Congress refused to do so in 1886. The book has just won the Bronze Medal for Biography from the 2018 Independent Publishers Book Awards and has been accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margret Herrick Collection.”
GLAS ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2018 EVENTS AT EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER . 1939 ADDISON STREET DOWNTOWN BERKELEY
FRI MAR 23 | 9:00 A | Filmmaker Q&A | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
FRI MAR 23 | 11:00 A | Developing Talent with Cartoon Network Studios | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
FRI MAR 23 | 1:00 P | Cartoon Network: So You Say You Have a Portfolio… | East Bay Media enter |
FRI MAR 23 | 3:00 P | The American Landscape | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
FRI MAR 23 | 5:00 P | Distributing Short Films Online: Filmmakers Forum & Happy Hour | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
SAT MAR 24 | 9:00 A | Filmmaker Q&A | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
SAT MAR 24 | 1:00 P | International Showcase 1 | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
SAT MAR 24 | 3:00 P | Children's Competition | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
SAT MAR 24 | 5:00 P | Video Games in Animation | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
SUN MAR 25 | 9:00 A | Filmmaker Q&A | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
SUN MAR 25 | 11:00 A | Rachel Sale Workshop: Exquisite Entourage | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
SUN MAR 25 | 1:30 P | Ugly Aesthetics and Dynamic Animation | East Bay Media Center | $12 |
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A Talk with Author Richard Schwartz and his new book on M.B. Curtis.
Sunday May 20th at 2pm
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SOLD OUT! 'WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD' WILL SCREEN AGAIN
SUNDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 25 AT 4PM - TICKETS AVAILABLE AT BOX OFFICE OR AT EBMC WEBSITE.
SOLD OUT! SCREENS AGAIN SUNDAY FEB. 25 AT 4 pm AT EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER Q & A Follows
DONATION TICKETS AVAILABLE ADVANCE OR AT THE BOX OFFICE.
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Admission is Free - limited seating
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A Talk with Author Richard Schwartz and his new book on M.B. Curtis.
Sunday May 20th at 2pm
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"THE ITO SISTERS" Dec. 3rd 2pm Screening is Sold Out!!
A second screening has been added at 4pm - GET TICKETS BELOW
"THE ITO SISTERS" Tickets on sale NOW FOR THE SECOND SCREENING AT 4PM !
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LIVE IN PERSON! MARC SILBER!
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
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SOLD OUT! THANK YOU BERKELEY!
MATTHEW REALLY ROCKS!
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FINAL PROGRAM COMING....
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Congrats to all of the New Filmmakers at Summer Teen Media Camp 2017
http://www.eastbaymediacenter.com/summer media camp.shtml
16 Teen Films from the 2017 Teen Media Camp are now on line;
link above to the Teen Media Camp page and to Youtube.
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STEVE ARNTSON - MASTER OF CEREMONY
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August 27 4pm EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER
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LIVE IN PERSON! TICKETS ON SALE 8.9.2017
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TRUE COLORS OF TRUMP- BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! THROUGH JULY 2017
A SENSATIONAL SCREENING OF THE SOON TO BE COMPLETED 'CITIZEN CLARK...A LIFE OF PRINCIPLE',
ON WEDNESDAY MAY 10 WITH THE ABOVE FILMMAKER JOSEPH STILLMAN, AND THE GANG!
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Tickets: $15 General Admission. Space is very limited. Ticket Link:
http:// sonitaberkeley.bpt.me/
above: 'DEATH OF HIPPIE" film installation at BAMPFA
Allen Willis' "DEATH OF HIPPIE" - on display at BAMPFA galleries in Downtown Berkeley, circa 1967,
documenting THE DIGGERS declaration that Hippie was dead in the Haight and San Francisco.
Willis filmed this seven minute short doc; it has been looped for the exhibition.
Originated in 16mm film, included in the HIPPIE MODERNISM: THE STRUGGLE FOR UTOPIA Exhibition,
launched in Minneapolis at the WALKER ART CENTER in October 2015.
The Berkeley exhibition continues through May 21, 2017.
Special Thanks to Andrew Blauvelt, Curator, Walker Art Center and
Kathryn MacKay, Associate Film Curator of the BAM / PFA.
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Sherley Ibarra and associate address the interns to be....
The Nickelodeon intern interviews in progress
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ROB STEWART - 1979 - 2017
Rob Stewart passed away on February 3, 2017 while diving off the Florida Keys.
Rob won the Berkeley Video & Film Festival Grand Festival Documentary Award in 2013 for his doc 'REVOLUTION'
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Screens at BAMPFA - 2120 Oxford St. - Berkeley
EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER has two additional Allen Willis films screening at the
HIPPIE MODERNISM: The Struggle for Utopia exhibit at BAMPFA in February and March:
"THE PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE" circa 1965 *see above schedule and "DEATH OF HIPPIE " circa 1967on going.
Go to bampfa.org for a full list of film screenings, public programs and guided tours related to HIPPIE MODERNISM
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east bay media center + berkeley video + film festivals welcomes
GLAS ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2017 at the ebmc performance - meeting space
this first weekend in March 2017....
Wera von Wulfen and Virtual Reality System with audio interactivation at East Bay Media Center
March 2.
http://www.glasanimation.com/schedule/
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'Basmeh' - Syrian Refugee Photos - Rana Rezapour
at EBMC Sunday February 5
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THE TRUE COLORS OF TRUMP:
The Inaugural Portrait Exhibition at East Bay Media Center comprised from the 6th-8th grade students
in Esperanza Surls classroom at the Canyon School.
The results are the caricatures of the new president on display here.
Alisha Abrahams and Mom with Alishas Trump painting - Lola Filucci with her painting
Parents at the exhibit of Trump Portraits - Parent Tony Contreras and Exhibit Co-ordinator
Clara Holland and Miles Jensen
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BVFF 2016 SECOND SUNDAY WERE AWESOME.
Click on the above graphic, it will link
to the BVFF 2016 site, the full schedule is on line
and you can purchase tix via PayPal.
THEY'RE COMING BACK WITH A VENGEANCE!
Bad Therapist 2 - Tony & Natasha
Bad Therapist 1 - Tony & Natasha
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YANK TANKS photo exhibit by Gianna Ranuzzi
Through June 10 . ebmc performance space
photos of American cars taken in Havana in December '15
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Tix $5. advance & door
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BALL DROPPING REPLACES JOHNNY STEELE
with JONNIE WOOD, Yeah....
The April Fool on April Fools Day
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Bad Therapist - Tony & Natasha
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David Finkelstein
Rachel Zurcher with her award for her film "Lavender",
Best Young Producers Art Film.
Kimberly Vela with her award for her film "Found",
Best Young Producers Short Film.
Opening reception of Guy Colwell Paintings & Drawings
at EBMC Performance Space Galleries
This past Saturday, Diaspora Arts Connection welcomed the brilliant filmmakers,
artists + sisters Bahar Behbahani + Negar Behbahani in Berkeley at the East Bay Media Center.
They presented three of the artists' short films, followed by a conversation about their artistic
+ conceptual contributions to the projects.
Berkeley Cuban All Star Drummers at EBMC.PS
Des Schrader and L A Wood at Jecabson Photo Exhibit
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BUTOH FILM SCREENINGS
Saturday August 1, 7pm
Sunday August 2, 2pm
East Bay Media Center will screen Butoh films, featuring Hijikata Tatsumi, Koichi and Hiroko Tamano, and more. 〜 There will also be a live butoh performance, as well as an art installation.〜 This movie night is a benefit for the Tamano's traveling aid to the Hijikata Method Butoh camp in Japan.〜 If you would like to buy a ticket before the show, you can do so at our indiegogo site: https://www.indiegogo.com/ projects/ traveling-aid-for-hijikata- butoh-camp-in-japan/x/ 10658533#/story
SATURDAY~ 7-10pm (there will be a community gathering at 4pm, as well~~~ WELCOME!)
SUNDAY~ 2-5pm
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Watch the above clip from Ishmael Reed's Q & A on Saturday April 11.
Ishmael Reed gives the Q&A to end all Q&A's following the screening of "THERE with Ishmael Reed", a 30 minutes film by the late Allen Willis, circa 1983, at EBMC's Performance Space today. The 77 year old author, playwright and publisher brandished his distinctive insights into the plight of contemporary African American artists.
Reed 's rapid fire, multidimensional word smithing had the audience spellbound. His soon to be published book on MUHAMMAD ALI, will be released in July 2015.
photo L A Wood
"GUREOMBI - The Wind is Blowing" Event and West Coast Film Premiere at East Bay Media Center Performance Space, April 7, 2015, as part of the Jeju Film and Speech Tour 2015, presented by Hee Eun Park and Paco Michelson, a film by Sung Bong Cho.
A great full house turnout with a compelling Q and A.
Special Thanks to Paul Liem, Code Pink, HOBAK Oakland, Korea Policy Institute, Metta Center, Peaceworkers and Women for Genuine Security
A full house at EBMC's Performance Space, sponsored by the Berkeley Neighborhood Council, Wednesday April 8 Event and Film Screening of "The Vanishing City", a gripping tale of New York's changing land use revealing both global trends and myths that impact the quality and affordability in all of our cities;
with guest speaker Stephen Murphy, Chair, City of Berkeley Planning Commission on how we plan for a 'Diverse City'.
1939 Addison St, Berkeley, CA (map)
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Berkeleyside:
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/10/30/the-it-list-five-things-to-do-in-berkeley-this-weekend-115/
THURSDAY OCTOBER 30 - STUDENT FILM MARATHON
SELECTIONS FROM USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS – FIRST LOOK 2014
Student Filmmaker’s - Drama - 202 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 7pm
Screening Twelve short Dramatic films from the FiRST Film, FiRST Look Festival 2014 bringing together the rich diversity, creativity, and talent from the USC student body across multiple disciplines and art forms in film, television, film production, animation, or interactive media. Screening of BA and MFA student works.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 31 - STUDENT FILM MARATHON
SELECTIONS FROM USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS – FIRST LOOK 2014
Student Filmmaker’s - Drama & Comedy - 148 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 7pm
Screening 10 short Dramatic and Comedy films
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1 - STUDENT FILM MARATHON
Student Filmmaker’s - Documentary and Animation - 200 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 2:30pm
Screening short Documentary and Animation films
Intermission - 6pm
THE MAGIC SHOES - Sahand Nikoukar - Student Filmmaker’s, 19 minutes.
Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 7:00pm
After moving to Los Angeles in 1992, a nine-year-old Iranian boy wants to impress his new classmates with a pair of Air Jordan basketball shoes, thinking they will make him fly like Michael Jordan! The Magic Shoes is a USC Graduate Thesis film shot on Super 16mm film.
ARENA - Martin Rath - Short Feature, 23 minutes - Poland - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 7:30pm A hitchhiker is taken in by a remote Polish mountain community. Tested by the hardened locals and the unforgiving harshness of his new environment he constitutes his presence in the mountains. But whom do we have to prove of what we’re made of?
Intermission - 8pm
RUNAWAY DAY - Dimitris Bavellas - Feature, 86 minutes - Greece - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 8:15pm
Independent film trying to depict the effect of crisis in modern-day Athens while paying at the same time homage to sci-fi B-movies
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2
PRAYERS OF THE ANCIENT ONES – Barry Schieber, Guna Foundation - Documentary, 56 minutes
Screens at EBMC Performance Space - Screens at 2:30pm
The World Peace Ceremony, founded in 1989, an annual event that’s united the most ancient of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
THE INVISIBLE PEAK - Gary Yost - Documentary, 21 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space Screens at 4pm
The script, movingly narrated by Peter Coyote, provides both a historical and spiritual overview of place, and the long continuum of humans relating to and caring deeply for the peaks of Mt. Tamalpais.
BON IN DOLPO: Ancient Zhang Zhung Kingdom - Then And Now - Andrea Heckman - Documentary, 56 minutes Screens at EBMC Performance Space Screens at 4:30pm
Explores the story of ancient Zhang Zhung and Bön traditions that have persisted for centuries in Dolpo where ancient texts and practices have been preserved. Followers of Bön receive oral teachings and transmissions from teachers in a lineage unbroken from ancient times until the present day.
CULTURAL HERITAGE - A Village In The Clouds - Chan Wai - Radio Television Hong Kong - Documentary, 22 minutes
Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 5:45pm
Jiuzhaigou Valley is located in Central China. Tibetan’s respect for nature is passed on generations by generations. They believe that there is a soul in every creation. It had used to be a place allowing the coexistence of human and nature.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6
SMART CHIMP! – Marc Wilson - Animation, 6 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 6:30pm
Shows the struggles of Bobo, a research subject in a cognitive - enhancement experiment, to outwit the two human researchers keeping him caged.
MANUFACTURED MEMORIES - Neil Ira Needleman - Experimental, 5 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 6:40pm Our memories anchor us to essential parts of our identity. Without them, we are adrift. The narrator of this story is adrift in a place that is unfamiliar. Like me, he’s aware that he has memory issues. And, like me, he compensates by manufacturing “memories” to replace the ones he’s lost. Some of my manufactured memories appear in this video.
LOVE JANINE POMMY VEGA - Tom Knoff & Kurt Hemmer - Arts, 50 minutes
Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 7pm
A moving tribute to a female poet finding her voice among some of the most revered men of the counterculture.
BAWDY, The Movie – Larry Paros - Animation, 20 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 8:45pm
Sex… Easier done then said. See our sexual organs brought to life before our eyes. Watch them perform acts, which you’ve only dreamt about.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7
FREEDOM – Neil Ira Needleman - Experimental, 5 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 6:35pm A subtle elegy to the excesses of capitalism. A delicate ode to overabundance. A sedate celebration of the moral imperative to buy. An understated tribute to those whose cups runneth over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
COLUMBUS DAY – Scotty Cornfield - Comedy, 9 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 6:45pm
If you’re a con man, tourists are usually pretty easy targets Usually.
THE MAN TO CALL - Zachary T. Scott - Short Feature, 13 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 7pm
When the cops bust the city’s biggest mob king Pin, they have to call an ex-cop (old school) who got kicked off the force for his brutal interrogation acts which consist of wet willys, Indian burns and many more. Will Donny be able to hold out? Watch to find out!
GLOBE TROT - Mitchell Rose - Experimental, 5 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 7:15pm
An international crowd-sourced dance-film project, as filmmakers on all seven continents each shoot two seconds of dance by choreographer Bebe Miller.
BY CHANCE - Frieda De Lackner - Short Feature, 13 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 7:30pm
Two People meet by chance in a museum and have an instant connection that could possibly change their lives.
THE AGE OF REASON - Philip Marlatt - Feature, 93 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 8:15pm
After his alcoholic father sabotages his chance at becoming a major league pitcher, Oz seeks a way out of the suburbs but he won’t leave his sister Kayli, and his best friend, Freddy, behind.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8
INVINCIBLE CITY - David Finkelstein - Experimental, 21 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 3:30pm In a city of dead ideas, dry, brittle conversations, and trembling, crystallized buildings, two men seek the proper approach to take towards the end of the world. Should one sit back, writing notes in a crumbling notebook, or should one rush headlong into the flames.
MY HAPPY PLACE - Kit Young - Experimental, 9 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 3:55pm
This Video was a short in a video feedback environment I built. I also created the robotic devices used to manipulate the props and cameras. It Is part of my “Our Favorite Shows” video series which serves as an alternative to “normal” TV content.
DR. WEISSBERG AND THE MEANING OF LIFE - Mitchum Nathaniel Ray - Short Feature, 4 minutes
Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 4:10pm
Window into the Professor’s subconscious darkens. The meaning of life is told.
YODELAY KILL YOU - Alfred Ham - Comedy, 8 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 4:15pm
The Frustration of living with a messy, careless, annoying roommate. How must they be handled?
HEAVENKID: TIME-SPACE DOOR – Meng-Ying Lin, Ping Tan - Animation, 12 minutes Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 4:25pm
ToTo and Ahya enter a Time-Space Door and forget who they are. HeavenKid rescues them from their fantasy world.
BALI BODY & SPIRIT - Henry Young - Documentary, 24 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 4:45pm
Intermission - 5:15pm
BUTTERFLY DREAMS - Venkat Kaishnan - Short Feature, 22 minutes - Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 6pm A young child laborer in India sees a way to pursue her dream to learn to read and write when an educated man comes to her village.
Intermission - 6:30pm
LANGUAGE MATTERS with BOB HOLMAN - David Grubin - Documentary, 120 minutes
Screens at EBMC Performance Space - 7pm
Includes interviews with songmen, linguists, and poets, including songman Charlie Mangulda, the only living speaker of Amurdak, an Aboriginal language once common in Australia’s Northern Territory. The film also features original music and songs in Welsh, Hawaiian
and Aboriginal languages. When we lose a language, we lose a part of ourselves. Q&A follows with Bob Holman.
BERKELEY VIDEO and FILM FESTIVAL 2014 FESTIVAL WRAP EVENT at EBMC Performance Space - 9:30pm
Featuring The Peter Barshay Trio, Refreshments and more. Evening Tickets: $15.00 for Language Matters with Bob Holman film and event.
ADVANCE TIX ON SALE - CLICK ON 'DONATE'
TICKETS can be paid by clicking above PayPal link.
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PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENED WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8 - 7PM
PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN JEKABSON
PHOTOS FROM THE 1960'S
RECEPTION - LIVE MUSIC - REFRESHMENTS
EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER PERFORMANCE SPACE - 1939 ADDISON STREET
DOWNTOWN BERKELEY ARTS DISTRICT
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East Bay Media Center forum on the use of tasers by Berkeley police. Panelists from left to right: Jim Chanin, Shahid Buttar, Barbara Ann White, Aram James, and Jeremy Miller. October 12, 2014
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SNEAK PREVIEW THIS SATURDAY
JULY 12 - 6:30pm EBMC Performance Space
Zachary T. Scott's latest short film is in the can.
Free screening to the first 1,000!!!
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The DEMOLITION DERBY!
The demolition of Frank's Auto Glass next door to EBMC is in progress.
photo Kealoha
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Advance tickets available now! PHONE:(510) 843-3699
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Johnny on Valentines Friday night at EBMC gives mongrel history lessons
Click on the graphic above to link for tix purchases
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Reception Friday November 15, 2013 from 7 - 9 p.m.
Showing Saturday & Sunday November 16 & November 17 from 11a.m. - 5 p.m.
royscottart.com
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Friday November 22nd 7:30pm
Berkeley underground filmmaker Antero Alli's feminist drama follows Alice, a Professor of Comparative Religion, down the proverbial rabbit hole after meeting Jane, an enigmatic older woman who roams the campus, sleeps under a bridge, and rattles her with disturbing insights. Featuring an all S.F. Bay area cast. Music by Sylvi Alli who will also perform several songs before the screening accompanying herself on accordian. Filmmaker Antero Alli will be present for post-screening Q & A.
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Click on 'Official Selections' link:
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER FILM SCREENINGS & EVENTS
October 25, 26, 27 - November 1, 2, 3 - "BERKELEY VIDEO & FILM FESTIVAL 2013"
BVFF 2013 SCREENINGS SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25th
The Party in Taylor Mead’s Kitchen – Jeffrey Wengrofsky
Documentary, 10 minutes
Screens at 7:15pm
One Night at The Aristo – Nic Saunders – U.S. Premiere
Experimental, 24 minutes
Screens at 7:30pm
Intermission
Abstract Alchemist of Flesh – Colin Still – U.S. Premiere
Arts, 55 minutes
Screens at 8:10pm
Intermission
Moment of the Making – Jesse Block
Arts, 4 minutes
Screens at 9:20pm
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26th
The Ghosts of Jeju – Regis Tremblay – Pax Tibi Productions
Documentary, 80 minutes
Screens at 4:00pm
Epistolary Fusillades – David Finkelstein
Experimental, 18 minutes
Screens at 5:30pm
The Storm– Charles Denson
Documentary, 20 minutes
Screens at 5:50pm
EVENING SCREENINGS
The Joke That Is My Life – Neil Ira Needleman
Comedy, 11 minutes
Screens at 7:15pm
Revolution – Produced and directed by Rob Stewart
Documentary, 85 minutes
Screens at 7:30pm
Intermission
The Terence McKenna Experience:
Where The Only Laws Are Laws of The Human Imagination – Ken Adams
Experimental, 68 minutes
Screens at 9:15pm
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27th
The Healthiest Man on Earth – Gary Turchin
Arts, 26 minutes
Screens at 3:00pm
Her Mother’s Love – Sage Drake
Short Feature, 9 minutes
Screens at 3:30pm
Summer Teen Media Camp 2013
Teen Videos, 45 minutes
Screens at 3:45pm
Fire Ruin Renewal– Margaretta K. Mitchell
Documentary, 23 minutes
Screens at 4:30pm
Budapest: An American Quest – Lynn Schneider
Ethnographic, 28 minutes
Screens at 5:00pm, Q&A to follow
15 min Intermission
A Charming & Quaint Tale of Brutal Revenge – Neil Ira Needleman
Short Feature, 8 minutes
Screens at 6:00pm
Border Woman/ Mujer Frontera – Adrian Arias
Experimental, 4 minutes
Screens at 6:10pm
Machete Maidens Unleashed! – Veronica Fury and Mark Hartley
Documentary, 84 minutes
Screens at 6:20pm
Wear a Halloween mask-costume and get half off your ticket.
15 min Intermission
The Substance – Albert Hofmann’s LSD – Martin Witz
Documentary, 90 minutes
Screens at 8:00pm
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1st
Student Films Marathon
Iris – Justin S. Lee
Student Filmmaker, 6 minutes
Screens at 5:45pm
We Need To Talk – Zachary T. Scott
Student Filmmaker, 15 minutes
Screens at 6:00pm
Cuvée – Shareef Salaam
Student Filmmaker, 16 minutes
Screens at 6:20pm
The Fifth Horseman – Kari Barber
Narrative, USC Student Film, 30 minutes
Screens at 6:40pm
The Case of the Missing Garden Gnome – Alberto Belli
Narrative, USC Student Film, 18 minutes
Screens at 7:10pm
Mein Schloss – Amy Adler
Documentary, USC Student Film, 26 minutes
Screens at 7:30pm
15 min Intermission
Haven’s Point – Anna Elizabeth James
Narrative, USC Student Film, 14 minutes
Screens at 8:15pm
Bluebird Street – Gil Marsden
Narrative, USC Student Film, 14 minutes
Screens at 8:30pm
The Most Girl Part of You – Mark Cummins
Narrative, USC Student Film, 18 minutes
Screens at 8:45pm
Of Sand and Sea – Erik Howell
Narrative, USC Student Film, 19 minutes
Screens at 9:05pm
How to Change the World – Yili Li
Narrative, USC Student Film, 18 minutes
Screens at 9:25pm
15 min Intermission
Shaya – Amir Noorani
Narrative, USC Student Film, 19 minutes
Screens at 10:00pm
Beyond the Echo of the Drum – Lori Webster
Documentary, USC Student Film, 20 minutes
Screens at 10:20pm
Genderfreak – Rebecca Louisell
Narrative, USC Student Film, 19 minutes
Screens at 10:40pm
If Attacked – Ian Becker
Narrative, USC Student Film, 17 minutes
Screens at 11:00pm
Waking up – Yuta Okamura
Narrative, USC Student Film, 11 minutes
Screens at 11:20pm
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd
iBook Seminar and Student Films Marathon
iBook Workshop for the Independent Producer with Ken Adams
Hands-on workshop with filmmaker and graphic designer Ken Adams of Austin, Texas.
Starts at 2:00pm to 3:00pm. Q&A with Ken Adams to follow.
Intro Animation – Einar Baldvin
USC Student Film, 32 seconds
Screens at 3:30pm
Mr. Blue Sky – Einar Baldvin, Sullivan Brown, Robert Calcagno, Lisa Chung, Miguel Jiron, Amy Lee Ketchum
USC Student Film, 4 minutes
Screens at 3:31pm
The Collector’s Gift – Ryan Kravetz
USC Student Film, 9 minutes
Screens at 3:35pm
Shadow Factory – Yizhou Li
USC Student Film, 2 minutes
Screens at 3:44pm
<file not found> – Maria Sequeira
USC Student Film, 5 minutes
Screens at 3:46pm
Badbloom, FL – Ryan Gillis
USC Student Film, 2 minutes
Screens at 3:51pm
The High Five Apprentice – Tom Kanter
USC Student Film, 8 minutes
Screens at 3:53pm
Register Rap! – Joshua Weisbrod
USC Student Film, 2 minutes
Screens at 4:00pm
Gecko’s Gamble – Matthew Steidl
USC Student Film, 5 minutes
Screens at 4:02pm
Geometry – Simo Liu
USC Student Film, 2 minutes
Screens at 4:07pm
Bob Hope – Careen Ingle
USC Student Film, 8 minutes
Screens at 4:09pm
Shape Dance – Lou Morton and Amy Lee Ketchum
USC Student Film, 3 minutes
Screens at 4:17pm
Tailypo – LaMar Ford
USC Student Film, 4 minutes
Screens at 4:20pm
Platter – Lou Morton
USC Student Film, 1 minute
Screens at 4:24pm
The Sixth Stage – Jordan Prieto
USC Student Film, 3 minutes
Screens at 4:25pm
Sad John – Junjie Zhang
USC Student Film, 3 minutes
Screens at 4:28pm
Spotlight – Simon Wilches-Castro
USC Student Film, 3 minutes
Screens at 4:31pm
Tomato Adventure – ShihChieh Chiu
USC Student Film, 2 minutes
Screens at 4:34pm
Hu’s Game – Seong Young Kim
USC Student Film, 8 minutes
Screens at 4:36pm
Earth Brain Wrinkle – Dustin Reno
USC Student Film, 2 minutes
Screens at 4:44pm
The Shopgirl – Diana Ling
USC Student Film, 4 minutes
Screens at 4:46pm
Baboon – Einar Baldvin
USC Student Film, 3 minutes
Screens at 4:50pm
Ladies Knight – Joseph Rothenberg
USC Student Film, 9 minutes
Screens at 4:53pm
A Few Words In Favor of God – Neil Ira Needleman
Short Feature, 4 minutes
Screens at 5:10pm
10 min Intermission
Mysteries of the Human Voice – Veronica Fury, Bettina Dalton and Stefan
Documentary, 50 minutes
Screens at 5:25pm, Q&A with Dr. Krzysztof Izdebski
15 min Intermission
Gyre – Lindsay Morrison
Narrative, USC Student Film, 18 minutes
Screens at 7:00pm
Eddie Puzynski – Jeremy Michael Cohen
Narrative, USC Student Film, 17 minutes
Screens at 7:20pm
Willowbrook – Ross Cohen
Narrative, USC Student Film, 16 minutes
Screens at 7:40pm
Paulie – Andrew Nackman
Narrative, USC Student Film, 11 minutes
Screens at 8:00pm
Canto de Familia – Lindsey Villarreal
Documentary, USC Student Film, 19 minutes
Screens at 8:15pm
In Brotherhood – Nabila Lester (Act I), Stephen Parsey (Act II), Devin Law (Act III)
TV Pilot, USC Student Film, 43 minutes
Screens at 8:35pm
15 min Intermission
Exedia Nation – Tyrell Lloyd
Narrative, USC Student Film, 18 minutes
Screens at 9:35pm
Tina for President – Carmen Emmi
Narrative, USC Student Film, 14 minutes
Screens at 9:55pm
An Early Summer – Lu Lu
Narrative, USC Student Film, 17 minutes
Screens at 10:10pm
Bingo Night – Conor Fetting-Smith
Documentary, USC Student Film, 22 minutes
Screens at 10:30pm
10 min Intermission
Elie’s Overcoat – Erik Howell
Narrative, USC Student Film, 15 minutes
Screens at 11:05pm
Traffic Cone – Victor Ridaura
Narrative, USC Student Film, 8 minutes
Screens at 11:20pm
Psychosis – Ian Christian Blanche
Narrative, USC Student Film, 15 minutes
Screens at 11:30pm
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd
Student Films Marathon
The Unknown Craftsman – Rachel Zurcher
Young Producer, 5 minutes
Screens at 4:15pm
America – Sophie Le Neveu
Young Producer, 4 minutes
Screens at 4:25pm
The People of People’s Park – Madeleine C. Shiber
Young Producer, 8 minutes
Screens at 4:35pm
15 min Intermission
Deja-Vous – Christabel Savalas
Short Feature, 7 minutes
Screens at 5:00pm
Between Brothers – Erik Douglas
Narrative, USC Student Film, 16 minutes
Screens at 5:15pm
Josephine and the Roach – Jonathan Langager
Narrative, USC Student Film, 15 minutes
Screens at 5:35pm
A Second Chance – David Aristizabal
Documentary, USC Student Film, 23 minutes
Screens at 5:50pm
All the Splendour of the Years – Charlene Wang
Narrative, USC Student Film, 20 minutes
Screens at 6:15pm
15 min Intermission
Jody’s Bra – Janine Sides
Narrative, USC Student Film, 14 minutes
Screens at 6:50pm
Found – Anthony Bushman
Narrative, USC Student Film, 19 minutes
Screens at 7:05pm
Lost Dog – Vanessa Pantley
Narrative, USC Student Film, 12 minutes
Screens at 7:25pm
The Chemist – Jeff Toye
Narrative, USC Student Film, 14 minutes
Screens at 7:40pm
The Grift – Kelly Nygaard
Narrative, USC Student Film, 9 minutes
Screens at 7:55pm
15 min Intermission
Stepping Out? – Yaminah McKessey
Documentary, USC Student Film, 22 minutes
Screens at 8:20pm
unSETTLED – Joselito Seldera
Narrative, USC Student Film, 18 minutes
Screens at 8:45pm
Penny Arcade – Karl Stieg
Narrative, USC Student Film, 12 minutes
Screens at 9:05pm
This Time Tomorrow – Lucy Marie Eagleson
Narrative, USC Student Film, 14 minutes
Screens at 9:20pm
Delikadesa – Lea W. Dizon
Narrative, USC Student Film, 16 minutes
Screens at 9:35pm
Midnight – Talia Lidia
Narrative, USC Student Film, 12 minutes
Screens at 9:55pm
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October 28 - Free Spirit - Joshua Safran Event - 7 pm
Multi-media Presentation, Conversation & Book Signing with Author & Advocate Joshua Safran,
sharing his and his mother's powerful childhood story of surviving and overcoming domestic violence at home
Meet Joshua Safran: attorney, writer, speaker, and "occasional rabbi" who was featured in the award-winning documentary Crime After Crime for his pro-bono efforts to free Deborah Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of intimate partner battering. Joshua took on the LA District Attorney in a 7-year fight for justice -- and has since become a champion for women's rights and a zealous advocate for survivors of domestic violence and the wrongfully imprisoned.
Now in his newly-published memoir Free Spirit: Growing Up On the Road and Off the Grid Joshua tells his own personal story. He will share with us how a 10 year old boy living with the terror of domestic violence at home can free himself -- and his mother -- to become the man he is today.
Tickets: $8 - $15 sliding scale
This event is a benefit for Shalom Bayit and the Family Violence Law Center.
Info: Call Shalom Bayit at (510) 451-8874
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SEPTEMBER 2013 SCREENINGS - EVENTS
September 11 - "FEMALE FACES OF WAR" - 6 pm
September 28 - "MYSTERIES OF THE HUMAN VOICE" - 5:30pm
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AUGUST FILM SCREENINGS
Producer - Director Jessie Deeter of 'SPARK A Burning Man Story' reflects on
the making of her film at East Bay Media Center's screening of 'SPARK' on August 10, '13.
Michael Caplan, Director of the City of Berkeley's Office of Economic Development
and enabler of the Berkeley Spark Festival, and EBMC's Mel Vapour introduces the film,
'SPARK A Burning Man Story' at East Bay Media Center's Performance Space.
Caplan commented that the First Annual Berkeley Spark Festival was a first in the country
and deemed it a success.
photos courtesy of L A Wood
JUNE FILM SCREENINGS
http://himalayanfilmfest.com/sf2013/
May 18 Saturday – East Bay Media Center – Berkeley
5:00 pm Saving Dolma
6:15 pm Beneath Everest
May 18 Saturday -East Bay Media Center – Berkeley
12:00 pm Old Dog
2:00 pm Into the Current
4:00 pm The Desert Eats Us
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WHAT IF CANNABIS CURED CANCER
by LEN RICHMOND
A powerful and eye-opening film about the future of cannabis-and perhaps
even the future of medicine. Narrated by Emmy-winning actor, Peter Coyote,
and featuring interviews with Dr. Robert Melamede, Associate Professor
and Biology Chairman, University of Colorado, Dr. Sean D. McAllister, PhD,
researcher at the California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco.
Dr. Jeffrey Hergenrather, M.D.,Dr. David Bearman M.D., Dr. Manuel Guzman,
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biology
Complutense University Madrid, Spain, Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, Professor of
Medical Chemistry at the University of Jerusalem, Dr. Donald Abrams,
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Integrative Oncology, UC San Francisco.
MAY 3 - FRIDAY - 7:45pm - $7.
MAY 4 - SATURDAY - 7:45pm - $7.
FIX
by TAO RUSPOLI
A feature film directed by Tao Ruspoli starring Shawn Andrews, Olivia Wilde,
Megalyn Echikunwoke, Tao Ruspoli, Dedee Pfeiffer and Andrew Fiscella.
Racing across Los Angeles in one, unwieldy day, documentary filmmakers
Bella and Milo race from Beverly Hills to Watts and places in between to
get Milo's brother Leo from jail to rehab before 8pm, or Leo goes to prison
for three years. A story inspired by true events, the trio documents their trip
from a suburban police station in Calabasas through mansions in Beverly Hills,
East LA chop-shops, rural wastelands, and housing projects in Watts as they
attempt to raise the $5,000 required to get Leo into the rehab clinic.
Along the way encountering dozens of colorful characters, each with their
own anomalous perspective on Leo's larger than life personality and style,
and each with their own excuse for why they cannot help out. In the end,
it may take a drug deal to get the necessary funds for rehab.
MAY 10 - FRIDAY - 7:45pm - $7.
BEING IN THE WORLD
by TAO RUSPOLI
We quickly move beyond the Greeks and then beyond Descartes' mentalist
notion ("I think therefore I am") of reality to Martin Heidegger's conception:
reality and meaning exist where minds interact with the world. We see humans
at work and at play: juggling, doing high-precision Japanese carpentry,
flamenco, and cooking gumbo. While we watch them work and struggle to
introspect and talk about their art and their craft, we also hear Hubert Dreyfus
and his students reflect on Heidegger and his philosophy. Our artisans confess
that they cannot explain in rational terms how they do what they do.
The being is in the doing. Interviews and action intertwine to make a
challenging philosophy clear to the lay viewer.
MAY 11 - SATURDAY - 7:45pm - $7.
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CELEBRATING NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
Angela and her crew at Saturdays book launch
APRIL 20, SATURDAY 5PM : "POETRY STORM" - RHAE ANGELA TOMEONI'S 'WET PAINT' BOOK LAUNCH.
EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER presents BOOK LAUNCH PARTY & SIGNING
APRIL 20, SATURDAY 5PM
WET PAINT – A Poetry Storm
in person: author Rhae Angela Tomeoni
at: East Bay Media Center /Performance Space 1939 Addison/Berkeley Arts District/510-843-3699
BERKELEY, CA- The ink is barely dry on the new book WET PAINT- A Poetry Storm.
Your copy is waiting for you and so is author Rhae Angela Tomeoni. She will be sharing her life's
adventure using poetry and music mix. Actor and MC, Ahmad Cannon will set the literary table for
this early evening event. Refreshments before and booksigning after. Special pricing for the bookswill be in effect on the day of the event.
APRIL FILM SCREENINGS
APRIL 26 - FRIDAY - DAKOTA 38 - AFTERNOON SCREENING FOR STUDENTS - 2pm - Free
APRIL 26 - FRIDAY - DAKOTA 38 - 7:45pm - Donation
APRIL 27 - SATURDAY - DAKOTA 38 - 7:45pm - Donation
In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great plains of South Dakota. Just before he awoke, he arrived at a riverbank in Minnesota and saw 38 of his Dakota ancestors hanged. At the time, Jim knew nothing of the largest mass execution in United States history, ordered by Abraham Lincoln on December 26, 1862. "When you have dreams, you know when they come from the creator... As any recovered alcoholic, I made believe that I didn't get it. I tried to put it out of my mind, yet it's one of those dreams that bothers you night and day."
Now, four years later, embracing the message of the dream, Jim and a group of riders retrace the 330-mile route of his dream on horseback from Lower Brule, South Dakota to Mankato, Minnesota to arrive at the hanging site on the anniversary of the execution. "We can't blame the wasichus anymore. We're doing it to ourselves. We're selling drugs. We're killing our own people. That's what this ride is about, is healing." This is the story of their journey- the blizzards they endure, the Native and Non-Native communities that house and feed them along the way, and the dark history they are beginning to wipe away.
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JUNE 6, THURSDAY - 6:30PM - LISA FERRARO - JAZZ VOICE WORKSHOP
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JUNE 13, THURSDAY - 6:30PM - LISA FERRARO - JAZZ VOICE WORKSHOP
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Photo of Weller The International MadMan at his EBMC performance on March 23.13
"This guy is not right" - Mike Tyson
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MARCH 15, FRIDAY 8PM: "INCARNATING for an Evening with THE X-PLICIT PLAYERS"
The X-plicit Players have held more than 250 events naked in the streets and parks around Berkeley and San Francisco.
Their performances are known internationally for opening the urban terrain as a playground for not only nudity, but also rituals of alternative functions of touch, soundscape, and spontaneous movement. Their Annual Nude and Breast Freedom Parades are filled with bright color, revelation, and intimate abandon. Attended by a diverse mix of nudists, freedom-lovers, international wild-men, and local innocent bystanders, each Parade includes a series of rituals celebrating the beauty of the body and its liberation. Groups of nudes move "as one", through city streets, amongst police, street people, merchants, students and tourists who often gather to watch and join into a radical dream-theater.
For some time we've been planning a series of movies about these events, and finally, on March 15th, we're premiering excerpts from the 9th Annual Nude and Breast Freedom Parade, held in Berkeley in September of 2000.
"Incarnating for an Afternoon" is a 50-minute video resonant with the magic of the Parade. This Surreal documentary entertainingly conveys the tone and flavor of the Parade, features amusing, arty visual effects, and, in the time-honored tradition of the movies, provides an excuse to put your arm around your girlfriend.
Deb and Marty Kent, directors of the X-plicit Players, will be screening excerpts from the movies, enacting rituals with the audience, making copies available for sale, and answering questions about the movies, the history of public nudity in Berkeley, and the meaning(s) of life.For more details, movie trailers, etc, take a look at www.xplicitplayers.com or call (510) 926 5265.
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MARCH 16, SATURDAY DAY WORKSHOP - MEETING WITH "C.I.S.A."
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MARCH 23, SATURDAY 8PM: "WELLER: INTERNATIONAL MADMAN"
A BENEFIT FOR EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER
An evening with Comedian, Storyteller, Impresario,
Master of Ceremony, Champion Boxer, MMA & Heavy Metal Promoter,
and one outrageous dude....
“Weller was there in the beginning, was one of our first promoters, a true Metal Maniac!” - Lars Ulrich & James Hetfield, METALLICA
"The guy is not right" - Mike Tyson, Ex-Heavyweight Champion of the World
“Gargle My Sack” - Evan Seinfeld, BIOHAZARD Bass, Lead singer. RockstarPornstar
“Weller parties hard, especially in the steel cage” - Tom Brady, 3 time Super Bowl Champion
“A Complete Madman” - Zach Wilde, Guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne
“Krelly-Moto is one of a kind” - Neil "Zloz" Zlozower, Legendary Rock Photographer
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THANKS BERKELEY FOR ANOTHER SELLOUT EVENING!
THANX JOHNNY FOR SELLING OUT THE HOUSE!
PROFESSOR OF COMEDY 101 - JOHNNY STEELE
Summer Workshop at EBMC 2012
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David A. Moss in 'Cracked Clown' at East Bay Media Center
Review by Ken Bullock - Berkeley Daily Planet - November 18, 2011
Turning on the ebullient charm of the seasoned performer,
David Moss smiles broadly at the spill-over crowd in the East Bay Media Center,
seemingly welcoming them, more than a little unctuous ...
But quickly it's apparent that only the face is Moss'; the figure standing before us is the personification of crack cocaine,
the greeting to Moss himself, alone except for his obsession and its specter in a motel room ...
Playing it half as a joke, half in deadly--vicious--earnest, the figure of crack rubs it in to his victim that he knows
"you love me" and what that exacts: "See that smoke? That's your soul."
Retrieving memories--some very funny; others sad, even pathetic--Moss succeeds in that great histrionic search--
he makes time stop, onstage and off. Mixed in with observations, declarations, running gags and repetitions of gestures,
behavior, he parses out a life that questions itself, having run aground.
The mood swings become part of the stagecraft--'way up, and 'way, 'way down ...
The dynamics of 'Cracked Clown' can be vertiginous. Moss isn't just the clown, he's an aerialist, a contortionist,
the whole circus.
Acting out a plethora of characterizations, from caricatures to well-rounded portraits,
Moss morphs from himself and his tormentor to his younger self,
to that kid's GI Joe action doll ("a POW" when confiscated at school),
his "nine-foot tall German teacher with purple lips"
("Ever see anybody who has purple lips who ain't dead?");
his alcoholic--and increasingly sympathetic--black father, condemned to drink
"not because he married my [white] mother, but because he had a country name ...
he had to wake up every morning and say,
'Goddam! My name's Elwood! I need a drink!'"); his "white--Catholic!--stepfather,"
another alkie, who takes it upon him to show his stepson
how badly the world can treat someone of color ...
And taking it up a notch, Jesus, a little plastered at the wedding in Cana,
complaining about having to turn the water into wine ...
"I'm not an alcoholic; I'm a Christian!" Moss cries out in an epiphany--for somebody else.
David Moss has been acting in plays--the last I saw him in: 'War Music' at ACT, in which he was vigorous,
mercurial, arresting--and gigging around the Bay and elsewhere in stand-up comedy for years now.
In this, his most personal performance, he brings the same intensity to playing himself,
acting out his own thoughts and obsessions as he's brought to great roles,
both comic and dramatic on the stage--to Malvolio; to Mack the Knife,
to an American muslim held as a terrorist in Central Works'
'Enemy Combatant.'This isn't something easy. Exactly the point of Moss' play:
He's performed 'Cracked Crown' before, most recently in August at the Media Center,
to sold-out crowds, which provoked his return over two nights last weekend.
He'll be doing it again before long, somewhere around here--and it should be seen.
It's an unusual solo show, more intense, thoughtful and funny than most.
And it's funniest in places where most unexpected. And in the midst of hysterical humor,
Moss turns on a dime to confront the most sobering of realities. Then laughs!
The East Bay Media Center has presented four live performances recently,
according to co-founders Mel Vapour and Paul Kealoha Blake,
and there're hopes of many more, plus screenings, discussions--and a remodeling,
or at least, rearrangement of the house.
A sometimes neglected community gem, surrounded by more recognized venues of different sorts,
the EBMC is one with maximum integrity and intensive usefulness,
on Addison near Milvia "at the frontier of the Berkeley Arts District," as Vapour puts it with a smile.
Copyright 2013 - EAST BAY MEDIA CENTER