12 Mar, 2026 Art, Tech & Culture

Native Seas: Traditional Micronesian Navigators Visit the Bay Area

with Students and Relatives of Papa Mau Piailug

An Indigenous Technologies and New Media & Oceans week-long educational program bringing traditional navigators from the Northern Mariana Islands to the Bay Area for events including a celestial navigation presentation at the California Academy of Science's Morrison Planetarium, a keynote lecture on the UC Berkely campus, and a traditional boat-building workshop at Waterside Workshops.  Read more

07 Mar, 2022 Special Events

Asian Americans in Hollywood: Breaking Through with Lasting Impact in the Industry

with Daniel Wu, Melvin Mar, Jason Lin, and Gail De Kosnik

Co-sponsored by Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies and Eastwind Books of Berkeley. The first in a two part series on Asian Americans and AAPI in the media and entertainment industry. The event will be free of charge and open to the public, but will encourage attendees to make donations to the new Scholarship for AAPI and Media & Entertainment Creatives. Read more