Abra Berman, an award-winning Bay Area costume designer, will explore the history of ballet costumes on Friday, May 29 at 7 p.m. The presentation traces costume origins from court dance through the grand pas deux of the Classical and Romantic era tutu. The event takes place at the Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles and costs $10. Other listed Berkeley events include a semi-annual furniture exchange and recycling program at the Clark Kerr Southwest Parking Lot running through May 31, and a free conversation at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore featuring Jennie Durant’s book Bitter Honey about threats to bees. The Bay Area Book Festival returns downtown Berkeley May 29-31 with free writers’ workshops and panels.
"Award-winning Bay Area costume designer Abra Berman will explore the history of ballet costumes on Friday, May 29, at the Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles. Credit: Joanne Furio for Berkeleyside Never miss local events! Sign up for Berkeleyside's arts and culture newsletter, The Scene. And check out our roundup of affordable things to do anytime in Berkeley."
"Award-winning Bay Area costume designer Abra Berman explores the history of ballet costumes, from the origins of court dance through the grand pas deux of the Classical and Romantic era tutu. Friday, May 29, 7 p.m. Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles. $10"
"Cooperative Reuse is conducting their semi-annual furniture exchange and recycling program, where you can donate your used furniture if you're a Cal affiliate, and you can get free furniture regardless of if you're a Cal affiliate or not. Program runs through May 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Clark Kerr Southwest Parking Lot. FREE"
"Environmental writer Jennie Durant discusses her new investigatory book Bitter Honey: Big Ag's Threat to Bees and the Fight to Save Them in conversation by novelist and essayist Mary Volmer, co-founder of the arts collective Maker, Mentor, Muse. Thursday, May 28, 7 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore. FREE (RSVP appreciated)"
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