I always visit the museum when in Berkeley as there is always something interesting going on. What makes the lace special for me though is PFA. The show hard-to-find films gems (old and new) hardly screened anywhere else. Even London's BFI does not put up such rare retrospectives. My favourite thing though are the Friday night events ( music, performance...
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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2625 Durant Ave 2250, Berkeley, CA 94720-2250
510 642 0808
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Ranked #9 of 38 attractions in Berkeley
5 Reviews Description: Located on the edge of the UC Berkeley campus, this museum presents diverse, stimulating and challenging works of art and expression.
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An intriguing building architecturally, though reported to be inadequately constructed for earthquake stability, with noteworthy modern art and films.
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I recall the fire in the Oakland Hills in 1991 that destroyed 4000 homes. A few days after the fire Richard Misrach took his large format camera to the site and shot photos of the aftermath. Most of the photos are very large and powerful - a mixture of tragedy and beauty. The show goes only through Feb 5. The...
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As BAMFA members we feel very fortunate to be able to view some of our favorite films on the larger screen - Ran, by Kurosawa and Touchez Pas au Grisbi Poster by Jacques Becker are some fine examples. Granted, as a couple in our 30s, we are usually the youngest people in the theatre but we don't mind one bit....
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