Trivia Night @ The Museum

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Please join us to test your knowledge on all things Art, Religion, Archaeology, and Gallery related. Pizza, beer, and popcorn will be provided and the winning team will take home a much sought after prize!

Holy Grail and Sacred Thorn: Art and Material Culture of the Glastonbury Pilgrimage


This lecture will consider the revived tradition of pilgrimage to Glastonbury, with a focus on the material culture and visual narratives inspired by the sacred journey through the landscapes and architectures of ancient Avalon. The lecture will be accompanied by images and sounds drawn from five centuries of Glastonbury pilgrimage culture.

Sponsored by the Swedenborgian House of Studies (SHS) / Graduate Theological Union

Bridging Beliefs: Music Connecting the Interfaith Community

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An interfaith panel of musicians. Musical performances by each panelist and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Ensemble.

Featured Panelists:
Ani – Islamic Spiritual Songs
Branice McKenzie- New Thought Inspirational
Eve Decker – Buddhist Folk
Jyoti Rao – Karnatic Music, South Indian Classical
Richard Kaplan – Jewish World Music
Dr. Gregory Sephus – Traditional Black Church

Located at 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley 94709.

Heaven, Hell and Other Places: New Artists' Documentary about Emanuel Swedenborg
Screening and DVD Release Party with film-directors Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan

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Join us for the west-coast premiere of a new documentary film about the Swedish scientist-mystic Emanuel Swedenborg, the man Jose Louis Borges called “the most interesting man in recorded history.” Award-winning film-makers Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan will be present for a podium discussion about their work; the artists will also screen several additional short films related to their interests in 19th century Romanticism. DVD artist-editions of the film, with an accompanying full-color booklet that features essays by Gary Lachman and the novelist Philip Makatrewicz, will be available for purchase and signing. Wine reception with the artists at 6:30 / film screening starts at 7:30.

Co-sponsored by CARE (Center for Arts, Religion, and Education) and the Swedenborgian House of Studies at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley

IDEA LOUNGE

Join us as for an interfaith conversation as featured artists, authors and faculty speak about the redemptive nature of art and faith in the aftermath of war, ruin and moral injury.

Speakers include:

Pamela Lanza, Bay Area artist

Gabriella Lettini, co-author of the recently published Soul Repair and Professor of Theological Ethics at Starr King School for the Ministry

Randall Miller, Assistant Professor of United Methodist Studies Studies at Pacific School of Religion

Opening Reception for Twin Bandits: Works by Pamela Lanza

An evening of Mediterranean fare and live jazz with Terrence Brewer and Reid Whatley to accompany a first look at the Twin Bandits exhibition