Alex Pines, an older white man with gray hair and thin round wire glasses, smiles slightly into the camera in front of full bookshelves
Feb 14, 2025 | Cal Performances Voices
Mahler Chamber Orchestra Performance to Be Dedicated to Alex Pines
Celebrating the groundbreaking chemist, Berkeley changemaker, and leader within the Cal Performances community
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2024-25

Alex Pines, an older white man with gray hair and thin round wire glasses, smiles slightly into the camera in front of full bookshelves
Feb 14, 2025 | Cal Performances Voices
Mahler Chamber Orchestra Performance to Be Dedicated to Alex Pines
Two actors of "The Great Yes, The Great No" wearing dresses onstage, covering their faces with large black-and-white masks with images of women.
Jan 30, 2025 | Illuminations
The Spasms of History: Inside William Kentridge’s The Great Yes, The Great No
Members of the Kodo Troupe, wearing traditional Japanese attire, sit in front of numerous large drums on stage during an enthusiastic performance of Warabe.
Jan 16, 2025 | Artist Spotlights
Q&A: The Making of Kodo’s One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe
Oct 24, 2024 | Ideas and Insights
What Makes Bach’s Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin Significant?
Oct 11, 2024 | Illuminations
“Fractured History”: What is the Role of Appropriation in Art?
Oct 11, 2024 | Illuminations
“Fractured History”: Art as Historical Reference
Oct 10, 2024 | Illuminations
Artists and UC Berkeley Professors Discuss Illuminations: “Fractured History”
Aug 30, 2024 | Artist Spotlights
Transfixing Art: Julia Bullock Launches Her Cal Performances Artist Residency
Aug 1, 2024 | How It's Made
Fun Facts About Our 5 Most Popular Performances
Jul 3, 2024 | Quiz
Quiz: Name That Tune!
Apr 16, 2024 | Ideas and Insights
Jeremy Geffen Introduces the 2024–25 Season
Artist Julia Bullock’s smiling face shown from a video call on a laptop screen.
Apr 16, 2024 | Artist Spotlights
Artist in Residence Julia Bullock in Conversation with Jeremy Geffen
Apr 16, 2024 | Illuminations
The Fascinating True Stories That Inspired Each Illuminations: “Fractured History” Performance
Two performers in all-black outfits with animated geometric masks on their heads stand next to each other center-stage.
Apr 16, 2024 | Artist Spotlights
Inspiring Joy: Performances that Amaze, Entertain, and Uplift
William Kentridge, an older man wearing a white dress shirt and glasses, sits at a table against a gray background and gestures with his hands.
Apr 16, 2024 | How It's Made
The Making of William Kentridge’s The Great Yes, The Great No
Apr 16, 2024 | How It's Made
Dance Excerpts and Insights From Across the Season