Arts & Events

With Australian conductor Simone Young making her local debut, San Francisco Symphony presented concerts April 18-20 featuring works by Maurice Ravel and Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. I attended the Friday evening performance at Davies Symphony Hall, where we heard Ravel’s lovely Pavane pour une infante défunte and his Piano Concerto in G Major with Louis Lortie as soloist, plus Rimsky-Korsakov’s dynamic Scheherazade. This program offered us ample opportunity to appraise Simone Young’s conducting style. -more-

Worth Noting:

Monday the Zero Waste Commission will be discussing changes in accepted plastics for recycling. Since only actions are being listed in meeting minutes, this discussion information is only available by attending the meeting,

Tuesday April 23 is City Council. City Council agenda for April 30 is available for comment.

Wednesday the Energy Commission meets at 5:15 pm on building electrification and the Le Conte Neighborhood meeting has the first public discussion of Vision 2050.

Thursday the City Council policy committees on Budget and Finance and Land Use meet.



Last week City staff notified the homeless they will be clearing homeless encampments this week and allow tents only between 10 pm – 7 am. The City Council Presentation on homelessness – the 1000 Person Plan is scheduled for April 30 at 4:30 pm after the evictions.



General information including the Land Use Calendar, tentative schedule of City Council work sessions, boards and commissions delinquent in posting meeting minutes and links to BUSD and regional meetings are posted at the bottom after the summary of next week’s meetings.



Sunday, April 21, 2019 - Easter

No city meetings or events found

Monday, April 22, 2019

Children, Youth and Recreation Commission, 7 – 9 pm at 2800 Park St, Frances Albrier Community Center at San Pablo Park, Agenda: 8. PRW fee increase, 9. CDBG Grant Presentation

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Children_Youth_and_Recreation_Commission/

Civic Arts Commission – Grants Subcommittee, 5:30 pm at at 2180 Milvia, Cypress Room, Agenda: 5. Selection review panelists

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/CivicArtsCommissionHomepage/

Mental Health Commission

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Mental_Health_Commission_Homepage.aspx

4 pm - Accountability Subcommittee, at 2180 Milvia, Ironwood Room, 2^nd Floor, Agenda: 2019 Workplan

7 pm - Site Visit Subcommittee, at 2939 Ellis, South Berkeley Senior Center, Agenda: Discuss sites

Youth Commission, 6:30 pm at 1730 Oregon St, Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Services Center, Agenda: 10. Gender Neutral Bathrooms, 12. BHS Green Bins, 15. & 16. Measure Y1 16 &17 year olds voting in School Board elections

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Youth_Commission_Homepage.aspx

Zero Waste Commission, 7 – 9 pm at 1326 Allston Way, Willow Room, City of Berkeley Corporation Yard, Agenda: 8. Deconstruction Subcommittee update, 9. Single Use Foodware and Litter, 10. Modification types of plastics accepted non-bottle #1-#7, 11. Mixed Waste processing

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Zero_Waste_Commission_Homepage.aspx

Tax the Rich Rally, with music by Occupella, 5 – 6 pm at the Top of Solano in front of the Closed Oaks Theater, Rain Cancels -more-