by the El Reportero’s staff
Oakland Zoo
Now in its nineteenth year, Walk in the Wild – An Epicurean Escapade! is one of the Bay Area’s premier fundraising events. This year, the engagement will feature more than 90 restaurants, caterers, bakeries, wineries, and breweries.
With each reservation, guests will receive a commemorative wine glass and plate to enjoy beverages and delectable cuisine. Please visit our website at www.oaklandzoo.org and click on Walk in the Wild for more information or to make reservations. You may also contact the Zoo directly at 510-632-9525 ext 154. Due to the service of alcohol, all guests must be 21 years of age or older.
T h e s t o r y o f a s m a l l I n d i a n t r i b e
The Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, owned and operated by the non-profit California Film Institute, will present an exclusive one night Bay Area public screening of the new documentary MANN V. FORD.
MANN V. FORD tells the eye-opening story of the Ramapough people, a small Native American tribe just north of New York City, as they go up against the behemoth Ford Motor Company in one of the largest toxic-waste cases in American history The film will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers Maro Chermayeff and James Redford. Tickets for MANN V. FORD at the Smith Rafael Film Center are $10.25 general admission (CFI members $5.50) and can be purchased online at: http://www.cafilm.org/ or at the Smith Rafael Film Center box office. On Wednesday, July 6, 7:00 p.m., Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901 www.cafilm.org; For more info call 415.454.1222.
Celebrating Mexico: The Grito de Dolores and the Mexican Revolution
First exhibited in 2010, Celebrating Mexico: The Grito de Dolores and the Mexican Revolution is a joint undertaking of The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley, and the Department of Special Collections of the University Libraries (Cecil H. Green Library) at Stanagainst ford University. The exhibit commemorates the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of he War of Independence.
Both the Bancroft and Green libraries drew from their rich archival collections of Mexican history to create the exhibit. In addition to primary sources that document the struggle for Mexican Independence and the Mexican Revolution, the exhibit presents depictions of the Mexican Revolution from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Thanks to the generosity of the Bancroft and Green libraries, portions of Celebrating Mexico will be on view in the International Center, Third Floor, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St., June 18 – Sept. 15.
