• Black and white photo of Angela Davis, a black woman with salt and pepper curly hair and frameless glasses, looking at the camera with her hand propping up her chin and looking into the camera.
Black and white photo of Angela Davis, a black woman with salt and pepper curly hair and frameless glasses, looking at the camera with her hand propping up her chin and looking into the camera.

Speakers at Cal Performances

2026–27 Speaker Events Calendar

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Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha

Program in Critical Theory’s 20th Anniversary and Jefferson Memorial Lecture
“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”:
Movements for Liberation and Transfigurations of Freedom

Oct 28, 2026, 7:30pm
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Recital Beyond the Stage

Sep 28, 2026 | How It's Made
A Vast Theatrical Reckoning: William Kentridge's The Head & the Load
Sep 4, 2026 | Illuminations
"Innocence & Experience": Crucibles of Experience
Sep 4, 2026 | Illuminations
“Innocence & Experience”: Love & the Politics of Innocence