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Fireside Meeting February 2021
COVID 19: what has science learned, and what does it still not know? Dr. Lee Riley will talk about the science of the virus and the...


Fireside Meeting January 2021
Monday, January 11 at 7:30pm Virtual Virtuosos: keeping the music alive online Music has played a key role in keeping up the spirits...


Fireside Meeting November 2020
The Zen of Autumn Planting: Communing with Compost, Delving into the Dirt, and Eating your Efforts! Gardening and producing your own food...


"Symmetry and Islamic Aesthetics" June 1, 2020
"Symmetry and Islamic Aesthetics" Presentation by Carol Bier A leisurely sojourn to the Alhambra and the Taj Mahal, this illustrated...


Is insect biodiversity, biomass and abundance declining? March 2, 2020
Monday, March 2, at 7:30pm Is insect biodiversity, biomass and abundance declining? —What does the scientific literature say and what can...


Join us Around the Fireside on January 6th for Club Camaraderie and Music! January 2020
Join us Around the Fireside on January 6th for Club Camaraderie and Music! Appetizers and drinks at 6:30pm The program starts at 7:00pm...


Beauty and the Bizarre:
Our next Fireside Meeting will be on: Monday, October 7th, 7:30 pm This will be a Hillside Club member benefit. Open to the public,...


THE PLASTIC CRISIS Monday, July 1, 2019 7pm
Plastic pollution has reached catastrophic levels! Plug into efforts to reduce plastic use at the community level. SNEAK PREVIEW of the...


April 1st, at 7:30 pm Topic: Globalizations and its cultural disconnects
Based on his recently released, expanded edition of the award-winning Perception and Deception: A Mind-Opening Journey Across Cultures,...


March Fireside: March 4th: Topic: Journalism in the Trump Era
What's it like to work as a journalist when the President of the United States has called the media the "true enemy of the people?"...


2019 Fireside: Monday, February 4th, at 7:30 pm
February: Monday, February 4th, at 7:30 pm *Please note that there is a 200 guest maximum capacity. Seating will be on a first come...


2019 Monday, January 14th, *6:00-7:30pm
Instead of our normal Fireside Meeting, we will have a special Gathering around the Fireside Monday, January 14th, *6:00-7:30pm This is a...


The State of the City: A Conversation with Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin
Hillside Club Fireside Talk on Monday, April 2, 7:30-9:00pm Members, Friends & Neighbors are Invited Free and open to the public! Talk...


Monday, 5 March, 7:30-9:00pm Impressions of Uzbekistan
Monday, 5 March, 7:30-9:00pm, The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley CA Impressions of Uzbekistan: From Remnants of the Old Silk...


Hillside Club Fireside Talk on Monday, February 5, 2018 “Golden Gate Raptors, Rachel Carson, and the
Hillside Club Fireside Talk on Monday, February 5, 2018 Members, Friends & Neighbors are Invited Free and open to the public! Talk begins...


11/6/17 Fireside Meeting: Ellen Spiro
The 10 Commandments of Filmmaking, Art and Life by Ellen Spiro I compiled clips from 30 years of filmmaking around the life lessons I...


Speaker: Karen Folger Jacobs “Return by Popular Demand: Teaching Filmmaking in Pakistan”
Hillside Fireside: Monday, October 2, 2017 at 7:30 pm Speaker: Karen Folger Jacobs “Return by Popular Demand: Teaching Filmmaking in...


From Spiderweb to World Wide Web: Textile Matters in History
From Spiderweb to World Wide Web: Textile Matters in History Thursday, August 24, 2017 6pm - 8:30pm Joining us from Amsterdam, the...


Tales of the Ghetto
RECENT MEETINGS The Berkeley Hillside Club Fireside Talk Monday, June 5, 2017 7:30 pm Free & Open to Members and Friends "Tales of the...
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