Arts & Events

Renée Fleming is a woman of many talents, a great opera soprano, a thoughtful individual who cares about health, mental health and the environment, a graceful host during Met Opera broadcasts and telecasts, and a passionately intelligent advocate for the preservation of wilderness flora and fauna, including in our oceans. At Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on Friday, February 9, Renée Fleming brought all these multi-faceted sides of her personality to the forefront in a remarkable concert, the first half of which presented a multi-media hymn to nature that Ms Fleming made in collaboration with the National Geographic Society. This work was entitled Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene., which was also the title of her Grammy Award-winning recording with conductor Yannick Nézet Séguin for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for 2023, -more-

Worth Noting:

The week starts with Lincoln’s Birthday Holiday on Monday February 12 and Valentine’s Day on Wednesday. Look for meetings to be moved around from usual days, times and locations. The week ends with the 3-day Presidents’ Day Holiday weekend.

• Tuesday:
  • At 10 am the Solano BID meets in person.
  • At 2:30 pm the Agenda Committee meets in the hybrid format.
  • At 6 pm City Council meets in the hybrid format with item 12 on increasing safety for vulnerable residents and dissolution of the Peace and Justice Commission and Human Welfare and Community Action Commissions to create new Community Action Commission.
  • At 6 pm the Rent Board Eviction / Section 8 / Foreclosure committee meets at 6 pm.
  • At 6:30 pm the Youth Commission meets in person
• Wednesday:
  • At 5 pm the Commission on pdisability meets in person.
  • At 7 pm the Homeless Services Panel of Experts meets in person.
• Thursday:
  • At 1 pm the City / UC / Student Relations Committee meets in the hybrid format with People’s Park Update on the agenda.
  • At 5:30 pm the Parks Commission meets in person.
  • At 5:30 pm the Zero Waste Commission meets in person.
  • At 6:15 pm the Transportation and Infrastructure Commission meets in person with Woolsey-Fulton Bike BLVD and Shattuck–MLK bus stops on the agenda.
  • At 6:30 pm the Design Review Committee meets in person.
  • At 7 pm the Rent Board meets in the hybrid format with the vacancy tax on the agenda.
  • At 7:30 pm BNC holds a forum for the Alameda County Supervisors Candidates. If you miss it this forum will be recorded and posted on the BNC website.
• Saturday: From 9 – 11 am is the shoreline cleanup.