The Oakland Museum of California hosts a day of fun for “all” California families—with a special welcome to those with adopted, foster, mixed-race, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members. The event includes  live music from Oakland East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus Otto Voci ensemble, Magician Timothy James, a Martial arts demonstration by Destiny Arts, Gold panning and more. (more…)

“One Got Fat” (1963) youngsters pay the price in a bizarre manner for ignoring bicycle safety. Narrated by Edward Everett Horton (15 min).

“Return of the Scorcher” (1992) Ted White’s classic review of international bike culture (28 min).
http://www.tedwhitegreenlight.com/scorcher.htm (more…)

Join Park Ranger Bill Cope and view “The Thin Green Line”- an excellent film about Park Rangers around the world, “the keepers and protectors of our national parks.” Also featuring a brief discussion with international park rangers from Costa Rica, Chile, Bolivia, Panama and Ecuador. Discover how we all have very much in common and have the same problems and budget, manpower issues even on different continents

Woven through actual letters, diary entries and haiku poetry, “From A Silk Cocoon” is an award winning documentary about the true story of a young couple whose shattered dreams and forsaken loyalties lead them to renounce their American citizenship while held in separate prison camps during World War 2. They struggle to prove their innocence and fight deportation during a time of wartime hysteria and racial profiling. Followed by Q&A with filmmaker and psychotherapist Satsuke Ina.

Filmmaker John Reily and musician Lars Hidde present a program of abstract animated film with live accompaniment.

From 11am to 5pm, enjoy free admission to the UC Berkeley Art Museum galleries, public programs. Aftrwards you can attend a free 5:30p Pacific Film Archive screening, the first Thursday of the month. (more…)