Featured Events in Berkeley in April, 2025 (May Updated)

Join us at the David Brower Center in Downtown Berkeley for a very special early evening event co-sponsored by the Bay Area Book Festival and the Townsend Center for the Humanities. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde and Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, will be in conversation with Malaika Parker, Executive Director of the Black Organizing Project and founder of the Hummingbird Urban Farm Collective. This is a moderated discussion (moderator TBA) and Alexis will be joining virtually. Buy your tickets now. Want free tickets and first access to events like this in the future? Become a Friend of the Festival for exclusive perks throughout the year. Information Source: Bay Area Book Festival | eventbrite

Experience the electrifying STURGILL SIMPSON PRESENTS - WHO THE F**K IS JOHNNY BLUE SKIES? TOUR live in Berkeley at the renowned Greek Theatre-U.C. Berkeley on April 24, 2025. The venue, located at 2001 Gayley Road, CA, 94720, will set the stage for an unforgettable evening filled with exceptional music and captivating performances. Don't miss this opportunity to witness a unique musical event that promises to leave a lasting impression.

Experience Elderbrook's captivating performance at the Greek Theatre-U.C. Berkeley on April 4, 2025, as part of his Another Touch North American Tour. Located at 2001 Gayley Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, this iconic venue sets the stage for an unforgettable evening of music and entertainment. Don't miss the opportunity to witness Elderbrook's unique blend of electronic beats and soulful vocals live in Berkeley. Secure your tickets now for a night to remember.

Join the Montclair Tennis Association for this FREE event as we cheer on our neighbors - the Cal Men's team as the play North Carolina! Sun Apr 6 2025Matches begin at 12 pm; we're estimating an ~3pm completion timeHellman Tennis Center (Frank Slessinger Way, at Oxford Street)We're highly recommending the use of public transportation - easy/peasy and you're there! The Downtown Berkeley BART station is just a 6-minute walk to the tennis complex. If you do decide to drive, you're on your own - please read signs carefully, as restrictions are plentiful and tickets expensive! We can walk together from the North Berkeley BART station at around 11:45 AM, or look for us in the stands (we'll give you a number to text). Friends and family welcome to join! We look forward to an enjoyable afternoon hanging out together while being inspired by some great tennis! Questions? Email Kenny Goodman(kennygoodman@montclairtennis.org) Information Source: Montclair Tennis Association | eventbrite

Join us at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore on Monday, April 7 at 6:30 PM when author Rex Ogle comes to the store to share his new young adult novel When We Ride. Rex will be joined in conversation by local author and Mrs. Dalloway's own Michael Leali and will sign copies of his book after the presentation. Click Here to preorder a copy of When We RideAbout the Book -- Diego Benevides works hard. His single mother encourages him to stay focused on school, on getting into college, on getting out of their crumbling neighborhood. That’s why she gave him her car. Diego’s best friend, Lawson, needs a ride—because Lawson is dealing. As long as Diego’s not carrying, not selling, it’s cool. It’s just weed. But when Lawson starts carrying powder and pills and worse, their friendship is tested and their lives are threatened. As the lines between dealer and driver blur, everything Diego has worked for is jeopardized, and he faces a deadly reckoning with the choices he and his best friend have made. Award-winning memoirist and poet Rex Ogle’s searing first novel-in-verse is an unforgettable story of the power and price of loyalty. REX OGLE is the author of Free Lunch, winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Punching Bag, a New York Public Library Best Book; Abuela Don’t Forget Me, finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; and Road Home, which received a Printz Honor and a Stonewall Book Award Honor. He lives in Los Angeles, California. MICHAEL LEALI is an award-winning writer and educator. He earned his MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is the author of the Golden Kite Award–winning novel The Civil War of Amos Abernathy and Matteo. Born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, Michael currently lives in California. THIS EVENT is free but registration is requested. Registration ends at 5:30 pm on April 7. BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend. DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged. WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows. WE ASK that attendees arrive between 6:15 and 6:30 PM for the event. PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home. OUR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly. Information Source: Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore | eventbrite

Sidewinders, extreme undulations, and upper body technique along with arm and hand work inspired by molasses. A focus on elbow and wrist work, oblique strengthening to get that horizontal pull that makes mayas and hip slides so exquisite and strange, and belly rolls with emphasis on stomach musculature. Tuesday, April 8th from 7:30 to 9:00 PM PST So come join me online via ZOOM (lots spots) or in-person at my studio (limited to 20 students) HOW TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKET: Each ticket (via Zoom or in-person) is based on a sliding scale. You choose the price that fits your budget. For example: Your option is between $55-$65 and you choose what you will pay between $55-$65. You can not pay less than the lowest price listed. In this example that is $55. *Please note - $1.00 is not an acceptable price for this class Information Source: Zoe Jakes | eventbrite

Build the power, endurance, and stability needed for expressive, fluid movement. This class will focus on exercises that target the shoulders, arms, back, and core to support effortless isolations, dynamic arm pathways, and strong posture. Whether you're working on powerful accents or sustained grace, developing upper body strength will take your dance to the next level! Tuesday, April 8th from 5:00 to 6:00 PM PST So come join me online via ZOOM (lots spots) or in-person at my studio (limited to 20 students) HOW TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKET: Each ticket (via Zoom or in-person) is based on a sliding scale. You choose the price that fits your budget. For example: Your option is between $55-$65 and you choose what you will pay between $55-$65. You can not pay less than the lowest price listed. In this example that is $55. *Please note - $1.00 is not an acceptable price for this class Information Source: Zoe Jakes | eventbrite

Join us on Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 PM when local Berkeley author Jessica Levine comes to the store to share her latest historical novel Three Cousins. Jessica will sign copies of her book after the presentation. Click Here to preorder a copy of Three CousinsSet during the excitement and tumult of the second wave of feminism and the sexual revolution, this coming-of-age novel about female friendship in the 1970s will appeal to fans of Kristin Hannah's Firefly Lane. It’s 1976, the second wave of feminism is in full swing, and three cousins share an apartment at Yale. Two are seniors; the third is starting graduate school. Each is seeking her own path in both love and work—but all three women, not quite knowing how to use the new freedoms available to them, alternate between supporting and undermining each other in their efforts. Julia, the most conventional of the three, wants the security of her monogamous relationship with Ben but is attracted to other men. Anna plans on traveling the world to escape her boyfriend and alcoholic mother. Robin, who is bisexual, has various partners as she dreams of open relationships. All fall under the spell of a charismatic musician, Michael, who is too wounded to be available. By the end of a year of experiments and necessary mistakes, the cousins will make crucial decisions that will determine the course of the rest of their lives. This prequel to Levine's first two critically acclaimed novels, The Geometry of Love and Nothing Forgotten, dramatizes the struggles that women have faced and continue to face while entering adulthood in a world not quite ready to accept them as equals. JESSICA LEVINE is the author of three novels constituting The Cousins Series. Interconnected, they can be read in sequence or as standalones. Three Cousins is the first of the series and a prequel to the others. The second is The Geometry of Love, a Top 10 Women’s Fiction Title in the American Library Association’s Booklist, which called it an “outstanding first novel.” And the third, Nothing Forgotten, received the Next Generation Indie Award and was also a Booklist Top 10 Women’s Fiction Title. She has published a literary history, Delicate Pursuit: Discretion in Henry James and Edith Wharton, and her essays, short stories, and poetry have appeared in many publications including The Southern Review, Writer's Digest, and The Huffington Post. Jessica holds a PhD in English from the University of California at Berkeley, where she was a Mellon fellow. She currently works as a hypnotherapist. THIS EVENT is free but registration is requested. Registration ends at 6:00 pm on April 17. BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend. DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged. WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows. WE ASK that attendees arrive between 6:45 and 7:00 PM for the event. PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home OUR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly. Information Source: Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore | eventbrite

Imagine your favorite hobbies. Music, reading, tennis, art and more. Twist 'em 90 degrees, throw 'em in a blender. Add two cups of nutty wordplay, three ounces of whimsical storytelling, a full bottle of liquid wit. And a pinch of local Toronto flavour. Mustn't forget the props; soap, scalpel, socks -- toss in anything you find. And finally splash some PG-13 dark humour. Blend, baby, blend! Pour into a turquoise sneaker. Garnish with a slice of ripe absurdity. TADA! 2025's rarest, yummiest refreshment:ByeByeBoredom Here's a teeny-weeny sample: https://youtube.com/shorts/za--N0bYYtA OnSaturday April 26come enjoy Nocturnal Nihilist's hilariously unpredictable mixture! Beware! The audience will partake in the insanity, so please leave common sense at home. Information Source: Nocturnal Nihilist | eventbrite

Join us on Monday, April 28 at 7:00 PM when bestselling author Nickolas Butler comes to the store to share his latest novel A Forty Year Kiss. Nickolas will be joined in conversation by Mrs. Dalloway's own Carolyn Hutton and will sign copies of his book after the presentation. Click Here to purchase a copy of A Forty Year Kiss for the eventFrom the bestselling author ofShotgun Lovesongscomes a rugged feel-good valentine, a small-town novel for readers who still believe in sunset triumph and second chances.Charlie and Vivian parted ways after just four years of marriage. Too many problems, too many struggles. When Charlie returns to Wisconsin forty years later, he’s not sure what he’ll find. He is sure of one thing—he must try to reconnect with Vivian to pick up the broken pieces of their past. But forty years is a long time. It’s forty years of other relationships, forty years of building new lives, and forty years of long-held regrets, mistakes, and painful secrets. An accomplished exploration of starting over and sunset triumph, A Forty-Year Kiss is a novel in the tradition of Kent Haruf's Our Souls at Night. This is a literary valentine that promises to become a love-story for the ages. Nick Butler only writes good books, but this is the one that sticks most tightly in my brain and heart. -- Leif Enger, bestselling author of Peace Like a River and I Cheerfully Refuse NICKOLAS BUTLER was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and educated at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop. He is the author of six books, and his writing has been praised by The New York Times, People Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and many others. He lives on sixteen acres of land in rural Wisconsin adjacent to a buffalo farm. He is married and has two children.​ Find him online at https://nickolasbutler.com/ THIS EVENT is free but registration is requested. Registration ends at 6:00 pm on April 28. BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend. DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged. WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows. WE ASK that attendees arrive between 6:45 and 7:00 PM for the event. PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home OUR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly. Information Source: Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore | eventbrite