If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
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Join the Chess Room for Chess Socials on the first Friday of each month.
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Dee Rees' directorial debut follows Lee, a 17-year-old black girl from Brooklyn, who’s coming to the realization she is a butch lesbian.
These docent talks provide education and enrichment opportunities about the plays that Berkeley Rep presents each season.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Discuss The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy with fellow members.
Our hybrid meetings take place in the 4th Floor Board Room at Mechanics' Institute and virtually on Zoom.
Join author David Rieff in conversation with Heyday's publisher Steve Wasserman on Rieff's latest book, Desire and Fate.
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Celebrate the launch of The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora with readings by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan Duong, Aimee Phan, and Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai.
Discuss The Fleur de Sel Murders by Jean-Luc Bannalec with fellow members. Brown Bag Mystery Readers (BBMR) is a member-led Book Group meeting every second Monday onsite in the 4th Floor Board Room at Mechanics' Institute.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Dive into the rich tapestry of global literature with Mechanics' Institute's Contemporary Translated Works Book Group, presented in partnership with the Center for the Art of Translation and Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
This book group meets online via Zoom.
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Celebrate National Poetry Month at Mechanics’ Institute with San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim, Chun Yu, Michael Warr, Shabnam Piryaei, Rafael Jesús Gonzalez, and Maw Shein Win.
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Todd Haynes’s homage to Douglas Sirk’s plush 1950s melodramas manages to be both imitative and innovative.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Discuss The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy with fellow members.
Our hybrid meetings take place in the 4th Floor Board Room at Mechanics' Institute and virtually on Zoom.
Current Drop-In Hours:
Current Drop-In Hours:
Current Drop-In Hours:
Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón's epic vision of doomsday is balanced with personal stories of transcendent heartbreak.
APPLY BY MARCH 24 to be a part of this opportunity to work closely with an acclaimed author and connect with a community of advanced fiction writers.
A writer, performer, and fearless voice for care and justice. Module III of the Kindred Voices seminar at Mechanics' Institute.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Current Drop-In Hours:
Current Drop-In Hours:
Join the Chess Room for Chess Socials on the first Friday of each month.
Current Drop-In Hours:
The photography of James Wong Howe brings a touch of German Expressionism with long shadows and slashes of light to heighten suspense.
These docent talks provide education and enrichment opportunities about the plays that Berkeley Rep presents each season.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Current Drop-In Hours:
Join author Karen Wang Diggs in conversation with Katie Quan and Tina Pham on Karen’s latest book, The Book of Awesome Asian Women: Empresses, Warriors, Scientists, and Mavericks.
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James Wong Howe’s subtle color pallet and graceful camera movements strengthen the already heavy drama of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
Discuss The Chill by Ross MacDonald with fellow members. Brown Bag Mystery Readers (BBMR) is a member-led Book Group meeting every second Monday onsite in the 4th Floor Board Room at Mechanics' Institute.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Discuss Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse with fellow members.
Our hybrid meetings take place in the 4th Floor Board Room at Mechanics' Institute and virtually on Zoom.
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Join acclaimed authors Rebecca Solnit and Lauren Markham in conversation on Solnit’s latest book, No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain.
Howe worked closely with director Alexander Mackendrick to give a neon-lit Manhattan at night the proper sharp focus look of a 50s tabloid.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Dive into the rich tapestry of global literature with Mechanics' Institute's Contemporary Translated Works Book Group, presented in partnership with the Center for the Art of Translation and Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
This book group meets online via Zoom.
Current Drop-In Hours:
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Discuss Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa with fellow members. We will discuss two stories: (1) Dragon: The Old Potter’s Tale and (2) Hell Screen.
Our hybrid meetings take place in the 4th Floor Board Room at Mechanics' Institute and virtually on Zoom.
Current Drop-In Hours:
Funny Lady, Barbra Streisand’s follow-up to her Broadway and Hollywood triumph Funny Girl (1968) was also James Wong Howe's last film.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Current Drop-In Hours:
Join the Chess Room for Chess Socials on the first Friday of each month.
Discuss Dead Letters from Paradise by Ann McMan with fellow members. Brown Bag Mystery Readers (BBMR) is a member-led Book Group meeting every second Monday onsite in the 4th Floor Board Room at Mechanics' Institute.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Current Drop-In Hours:
Join author and journalist Kevin Fagan in conversation with KQED Senior Editor on Housing Affordability Erin Baldassari on Fagan’s new book, The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances.
Current Drop-In Hours:
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Current Drop-In Hours:
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Current Drop-In Hours:
Join the Chess Room for Chess Socials on the first Friday of each month.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Current Drop-In Hours:
Discuss The Lost Man by Jane Harper with fellow members. Brown Bag Mystery Readers (BBMR) is a member-led Book Group meeting every second Monday onsite in the 4th Floor Board Room at Mechanics' Institute.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Current Drop-In Hours:
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
Discuss Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke with fellow members. Brown Bag Mystery Readers (BBMR) is a member-led Book Group meeting every second Monday onsite in the 4th Floor Board Room at Mechanics' Institute.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
If you are a new, long-time, or prospective member, the Tour of the Institute will orient you to our building, include an overview of our history and mission, and outline our current services and the benefits of membership.
