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After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on earth.
If you’re the sort of person who relieves stress by burying your head in the sand and pretending everything will be OK, then consider this a spoiler warning and skip to the next paragraph. For those of you ready to accept the truth, here goes nothing: Everything will not be OK. Why? Because next Monday marks the end–of instruction. This also means that next week, we’ll all be irretrievably entrenched in the throes of those torturous tortures, borne of darkness and hellfire–finals. (The horror! The horror!)
Accordingly, here are a few ideas for wholesome use of your last-weekend-of-semi-freedom that won’t leave you with an untimely hangover and undone final papers:
Berkeley Without Shadow
Friday, May 9, 5-8 p.m., Wurster Hall Lobby. Come see original photography of Downtown Berkeley by your comrades in Visual Studies 186. Facebook also says the event “includes a reception,” which could potentially be code for “free food.” Should be gritty and awesome–and free. We’re so there.
University Symphony Orchestra Concert
May 9-10, 8 p.m., Hertz Concert Hall. Hertz Hall is pretty and–from what we hear–so are the pieces by Ravel, and Strauss that the positively talent-riddled group will be performing. Students can up their cultural I.Q. for just $4.
World-Making and World Art Conference
May 9-10, 10 a.m.-5p.m., Berkeley Art Museum Theater. Stop by and listen to experts from around the world “confront theories of world-making with the diversity of world art traditions.” (Or take a nap?) Free admission, baby.
Botanical Gardens: Birding Breakfast and Rose Stroll
Saturday, May 10, 8-11a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Botanical Gardens. The early birder gets the worm on this one, so if you can drag your ass out of bed and up that hill in time, you’ll get the unique opportunity to shake your tail feather and practice your bird call with expert birders and free breakfast. Tasty. In the afternoon, show your mom how deserving you are of your tuition by taking her on a rose stroll with a real, live Berkeley horticulturalist. Both events require prior registration and the stroll’s $17 for students.
More details and links and stuff on the UCB events calendar.
Image Source: Jill Cowan
UC Berkeley [Events Calendar]
Berkeley without Shadow [Facebook]
Tags:BAM, Botanical Gardens, events, finals, University Symphony Orchestra
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