History
Fault Lines: The Sixties, the Culture War, and the Return of the Divine Feminine
Many Rivers Books and Tea 130 S. Main Street, Sebastopol, CA, United StatesThe United States is suffering its greatest upheaval since the Civil War - politically, economically, socially, religiously. With elegant, sweeping vision, Gus diZerega explores the complex causes leading us to this point, comparing them to giant fault lines that, when they erupt, create enormous disturbance and in time new landscapes.
Music, Magic, and Life – The Annual Shirathon
Hillside Church 1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito, CA, United StatesShira Kammen, the Bay Area’s unique medievalist, traditionalist, and inventor of kinds of music we didn’t know existed, returns to Barefoot with another fabulous pre-season extravaganza. This year, she has teamed up with another unique Bay Arean, magician Kim Silverman. She tells stories with her strings and bow; he tells stories with his magic. Together they share some classic tales with music, bringing the narrative to life with their unique partnership.
Renaissance Tudor Fayre
Cameron Park Lake 2989 Cambridge Road, Cameron Park, CA, United StatesJoin the King for a Weekend of Entertainment, Feasting, Arts, Crafts, and Merrymaking!
Neptune Beach Community Celebration
Webster Street along Webster Street between Pacific Avenue and Central Avenue, Alameda, CA, United StatesThe Neptune Beach Community Celebration is a two-day street festival along Webster Street in Alameda, California, which recalls and commemorates Neptune Beach, a popular Alameda amusement park known as Coney Island West from 1917 to 1939. The 2014 3rd Annual Neptune Beach Community Celebration is produced by the Alameda Chamber of Commerce and recalls this festive carnival atmosphere of the early 1900s, offering a full weekend of rides and children’s amusements, music, food and drink, arts and crafts, a history walk, and more.
Chinese Whispers: Bay Chronicles – Richmond
Craneway Pavilion 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond, CA, United StatesJoin us for three unique and exciting public programs as Chinese Whispers: Bay Chronicles retraces the forgotten history of Chinese shrimp fishing in San Francisco Bay, through sailings on the Grace Quan, a 43-foot replica of a 19th century Chinese shrimp junk, to former Chinese shrimping sites around the Bay.
San Francisco Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival
San Francisco Chinatown along Grant Avenue between California and Broadway, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe Chinatown Merchants Association will present the Annual Autumn Moon Festival to be held in Chinatown on Saturday and Sunday, September 6-7, 2014.
Garin Apple Festival
Garin Regional Park 1320 Garin Avenue, Hayward, CA, United StatesCelebrate our farming and pioneer past during this year's Apple Festival! Garin Regional Park in Hayward is home to an antique apple orchard with varieties of the fruit you won't find anywhere else. Hand-crank ice cream or press apple cider and then taste the ‘fruit’ of your labor. Music, dancing, crafts, and old-fashioned games make this event fun for the whole family!
Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons
John Hinkel Park Amphitheatre 41 Somerset Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesHeinrich Von Kleists’s Penthesilea recounts the story of Penthesilea and Achilles.
The Casablanca Ball
Alameda Elks Lodge 2255 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, CA, United StatesOf all the gin joints in the world, we hope you walk into ours. Please join us at the Casablanca Ball for a memorable evening of music, dancing, comedy, and drama at our re-creation of Rick's Cafe Americain. The Brassworks plays the hits of the late 1930s and early 1940s, ranging from vintage Swing to romantic waltzes, tangos, and fox trots, and, of course, As Time Goes By and La Marseillaise. Vintage or modern evening dress, 1930s or early 1940s costume, or Moroccan native dress is admired, but not required. Everyone comes to Rick's!
Renaissance Tudor Fayre
Cameron Park Lake 2989 Cambridge Road, Cameron Park, CA, United StatesJoin the King for a Weekend of Entertainment, Feasting, Arts, Crafts, and Merrymaking!