A dying businessman sets off a family scandal by announcing that his fortune will go to his illegitimate children in Masaki Kobayashi’s melodrama, a wry condemnation of Japanese postwar materialism, perfectly chilled by Toru Takemitsu’s jazzy score.
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Bilingual music and movement class at La Peña Cultural Center with singing, dancing, and instrument play for children and caregivers, for ages 6 and under.
Live jazz honoring John Coltrane with performance, listening, testimony, reflection at Berkeley Central Library, alongside The Break Room exhibit and The People's Sonic Park, ages 9 and up.
Live music, spoken word, and radical storytelling by women of color at La Peña Cultural Center, sliding‑scale $5–$25, with free entry for members.
Cal Berkeley cross country competes at NCAA West Regional Championships, neutral site in Sacramento.
Strum and sing ukulele songs together at Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch, using an instrument or one provided, no experience needed, ages 9 and up.
Live DJ Rabeat spins Mexican, Peruvian and Colombian cumbia at La Peña Cultural Center, followed by a beginner‑friendly dance class and all‑night party; tickets $10–$30, all ages.
Screening the first three episodes of Maurice Pialat’s WWI miniseries La maison des bois at BAMPFA.
The Arch (BAMPFA) — A Ming dynasty widow, praised for poetic beauty, faces temptation from a soldier, exploring propriety, tradition, and repression.
4K restoration of Maurice Pialat’s *La maison des bois* Episodes 4–7 screens at BAMPFA.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya presents Bali, Beauty, and Bronze with Angklung, Gender Wayang, and dance at La Peña Cultural Center; tickets $15 student, $25 advance, $30 door, all ages.
Live music, movement activities, and read‑aloud stories with The Story Time Band at Frances Albrier Community Center, San Pablo Park, free, for ages 5–10.
Jean‑Luc Godard’s second film, Le petit soldat, screens at BAMPFA, tracing a disillusioned French counteragent’s entanglement with Algerian separatists, Parisian torturers, and Anna Karina.
