COYOTE Calendar: March 19-March 25

Welcome to the COYOTE Calendar. Here are this week's hand picked events, just for you. This weekend is the 20th Annual California Artisan Cheese Festival. Someone pray for my stomach. This week we've got retro tech, mutual aid several ways, Persian Norwuz, soft pretzels, and more. We'll post new events each Wednesday. Go forth and enjoy!

• When Repair Isn’t Enough: Architecture and the Right to Heal 〰️ In her recent book, Resettler Nationalism and the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster, Esra Akcan argues that while "architecture and urban planning have been weaponized to segregate and subjugate minorities throughout history, they could instead confront systemic violence and make accountability and reparations possible." In this talk, Arkcan will be joined by several scholars to discuss ideas of climate change mitigation and transitional justice. 〰️ 12–2pm 〰️ UC Berkeley 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Mapping California's Fungi 〰️ Come learn about Mycota Lab's “MycoMap California Network” project and hear about the "most interesting, rare, and remarkable fungi discovered" by volunteer collectors across California. They're always looking for volunteers, so if you want to have a hand in mapping our state's fungi, look no further. 〰️ 5:30–9pm 〰️ Sebastopol Grange 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Retro Tech Night: ctrl+art+delight 〰️ Are you ready to feel old? Great! Head to this "retro tech" night and see youth try to figure out how to use stuff you remember being cutting edge. Bring back the see-through computers! 〰️ 6–9pm 〰️ San Jose Museum of Art 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• We Make Our Own Safety: Urban Autonomy and the Art of Living Otherwise 〰️ For thirty years, 5,000 residents of Mexico City have created and run a self-organized community as part of a housing movement called the Panchos. "This talk focuses on one of the most striking dimensions of this project: the community's production of its own safety without police." What does it mean to turn "we keep us safe" into practice in a community? 〰️ 7pm 〰️ Beauty Supply Arts, Oakland 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Tales of Animal Sex, Murder and Mayhem 〰️ We all know how majestic thule elk are, how cute those burrowing owls can be, how fuzzy the sea otters are. But what about the fucked up stuff? You know, the really bizarre, gross, and kind of horrible things that animals do? If you're into learning about the seedier side of our local critters, come see Jeff Miller talk about his book, Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide. 〰️ 7pm 〰️ David Brower Center, Berkeley 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Read My Lips: A Book Slut Drag Show (The Land of Oz) 〰️ There's no place like The Booksmith, and that's especially true for this Wizard of Oz-themed drag show featuring Delilah Blackheart, Messa Potamia, Pessa Mystic, and Nitrix Oxide 〰️ 8pm 〰️ The Booksmith, SF 〰️ $8 in advance, $10 at the door 〰️ more info

• Disability Interactive Process: Training to Assist Unhoused People Receive Disability Accessible Programs 〰️ If you're looking for more ways to get involved in helping your community members without necessarily being on the front lines of a direct action, this is a great opportunity. Come learn how to use the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to help unhoused people access public programs and services. "Participants will leave with practical tools for helping unhoused people access disability-accessible shelter, services, and other public programs." 〰️ 12:50–2pm 〰️ UC Berkeley 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Community Laundry Day Mutual Aid Party 〰️ DJ's, screen printing, and a raffle full of everything from tattoos to tooth gems to tarot readings at this mutual aid party to help raise money for a monthly free laundry day mutual aid event for unhoused folks, sex workers, and community members in The Mission. 〰️ 5–9pm 〰️ El Rio, SF 〰️ FREE (but bring money to donate!) 〰️ more info
• Persian New Year: Nowruz Art, Tea & Treats Workshop! 〰️ Celebrate Persian Nowruz with a local Persian arts collective and gift shop! Art supplies, teas and sweets will be provided. Just bring your joy and curiosity — "come ready to create, taste, and connect!" 〰️ 7–9pm 〰️ MintPress Art Studio & Gift Shop, Berkeley 〰️ $17.85 〰️ more info
• Alash 〰️ You've maybe seen videos of Tuvan throat singing online, but let me promise you that seeing Alash in person is absolutely mind blowing in a way videos can't quite touch. I saw them last year and could not stop talking about it for weeks. Highly recommend checking this one out. 〰️ 8pm 〰️ The Freight, Berkeley 〰️ $34 〰️ more info

• Fierce Fat Flea Market 〰️ Tired of going to cool flea markets knowing that pretty much nothing is going to fit you? Come shop 20+ local vendors specifically catering to plus-size baddies — plus accessories, art, haircuts, food, and more. Bring clothes you don't want anymore and swap for new ones! 〰️ 11am–5pm 〰️ The Oakland Grove 〰️ 😷 COVID SAFE (masks required) 〰️ $5 suggested donation 〰️ more info
• Rummage Sale 〰️ When an art studio does spring cleaning, everybody wins! Come check out "art, art supplies, zines, sketchbooks, zines, magazines, art books, photo stuff, art cards, clothes, and random things." 〰️ 11am–2pm 〰️ Know Future Gallery, San Jose 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Hella Plants Market 〰️ Remember our deal? If you see me at a plant buying events, no you did not. Great, glad we covered that. Anyway! This is a very cool plant sale for you (not me) to pick up a starter plant or a rare varietal. 〰️ 11am–4pm 〰️ Hella Bee's, Oakland 〰️ more info
• Spring 2026 Skill-Share Series 〰️ We don't put a lot of online events on the calendar, but this one is special. Bay Area Worker Support is doing a CyberSpring skill-share virtual workshop series "bringing you the most up-to-date tips and tricks for your tips and tricks!” 〰️ 12-3pm 〰️ ONLINE 〰️ FREE for all SWers donate for others NOTAFLOF 〰️ more info
• Wrong Side of the Tracks Craft Club 〰️ Train Nerds 🤝 Craft Nerds. Come take the Goldrunner train from Emeryville to Martinez, crafting all the way, and then continue your work at Busywork alongside snacks, pop up vendors, "and lots of yarn." Swag bags for the first 20 people to arrive! 〰️ 2:30pm 〰️ Meet at Emeryville Station 〰️ FREE (but do RSVP) 〰️ more info
• Gaza Food Relief Project Fundraiser and Market 〰️ Shop for a good cause at this one — a killer lineup of queer vendors, all raising money for the Gaza Food Relief Project. 〰️ 2–6pm 〰️ 475 Collective, SF 〰️ more info
• Film Screening – “Sun Ra: Do the Impossible” 〰️ Sun Ra is the kind of artist that you could read and watch every single thing ever made about him and still not really feel like you've gotten your mind around it all. Ayize Jama-Everett, Afrofuturist novelist and artist, will give an introduction to this screening of a documentary that is, "a portrait of an artist as a cultural astronaut, boldly going where no one has gone before or since." 〰️ 4pm 〰️ Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Lucky Fuck Ball 〰️ Get dolled up in your most glamorous green and see if you can find yourself some luck. "The only thing better than chasing gold is finding exactly what you came for. 😈 " 〰️ 9pm 〰️ Power Exchange, SF 〰️ $33.85+ 〰️ more info

• Impressions of Spring Botanical Printing & Hike 〰️ Are you a gentle soul but sometimes just a little bit of punching is necessary? Come learn the art of tataki zome, the Japanese practice of pounding plant pigments into cloth, with Latino Outdoors. First you'll frolic with the wildflowers on a hike, then you'll make a botanical bandana to show off at your next soirée. Note: The hike is 1.5-mile loop with ~300 ft. elevation gain over uneven, rocky terrain. 〰️ 10am–12:30pm 〰️ Sunol Wilderness Preserve 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Costume Academy 2026 〰️ Calling all cosplay babes, this one's for you. Come level up your skills from the experts and professionals at the Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild in a one-day series of classes on everything from ribbon trim, to caring for vintage clothing, to leafy leather cloak clasps. 〰️ 10am–4:30pm 〰️ Language Studies International Berkeley 〰️ $75 〰️ more info
• Clinton & San Pablo Neighborhood Artist's Market 〰️ Local art markets are my kryptonite and the Bay Area is always full of them. Pray for my bank account and walls. 〰️ 12–5pm 〰️ Clinton Ave & San Pablo Ave, Richmond 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info

• Hologram Workshop: How-to for Mutual-aid that wants all caregivers to be cared for 〰️ Situated inside of an art installation-cum-gathering space for revolution planning, this workshop will teach you about a social practice called “hologramming.” What is that, and how will it help us survive the apocalypse? Come by and find out. 〰️ 6–9pm 〰️ Dream Farm Commons, Oakland 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Chicken Butchery and Cookery 〰️ Did you know that Martin Yan (of Yan Can Cook) can debone a whole raw chicken in 24 seconds flat? Don’t you want to be a badass like him? Begin your journey to chicken mastery with this course that’ll show you how to use every part of the bird. 〰️ 6–9:30pm 〰️ 18 Reasons, SF 〰️ $240 〰️ more info 
• Wrapt: Self-tying Workshop 〰️ If you’ve ever attended the Folsom Street Fair, you’re likely to have seen Shay Tiziano’s virtuosic suspension and rope work. Tonight, she’s teaching a workshop for beginners on rope handling, self-bondage, and all the fundamentals that the Boy Scouts never covered. 〰️ 7–11pm 〰️ Stopgap, SF 〰️ $27+ 〰️ more info

• Instant Clown and Very Variety Night 〰️ This is a monthly event that’s extremely for somebody, but I know that somebody’s not me. But I’m sure we can all imagine people in our lives who would absolutely gobble up the opportunity to learn how to joyfully clown in a supportive environment — and then go to a variety show! 〰️ 5:30–8:30pm 〰️ Frontier Tower, SF 〰️ $25 donation 〰️ more info
• Maggie Tokuda-Hall Author Talk 〰️ Yay we love Maggie! Tonight, the author and activist (and pigeon painter) will be in conversation — with teen reporters! Student reports from the Berkeley High Jacket will be on-stage with her, so it should be a real treat. 〰️ 6–7:30pm 〰️ Berkeley Library North Branch 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Parents Against the Future 〰️ “What can parents and caregivers learn from an ecosystem regrowing after a disastrous wildfire? If capitalism treats disaster as a profit opportunity, what other systems of response can we learn from? In this Bob Ross and ‘paint & sip’ inspired workshop, you will be guided through drawing a redwood forest regrowth after fire.” 〰️ 6–8:30pm 〰️ Local Economy, Oakland 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Control: Why Big Giving Falls Short Author Talk 〰️ Glen Galaich, the author of Control, will present his book on American inequality, the future of public institutions, and the outsized influence of donors with extreme wealth. 〰️ 6pm 〰️ Book Passage, Corte Madera 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Final Flock Vote 〰️ The Berkeley City Council is delivering their final vote on adding Flock cameras and it's important for the public to show up and remind elected officials that people do not want more invasive surveillance. 〰️ 6pm 〰️ Berkeley Unified School District Board Room 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• The Complex Author Talk 〰️ Wow, this book is giving vibes of Succession, but set in tumultuous 1970s India! Sounds sick. Come hear the acclaimed author, Karan Mahajan, talk about it with local author R.O. Kwon. 〰️ 7pm 〰️ The Booksmith, SF 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info

• Soft Pretzel Making Class 〰️ A few years ago I got hyperfixated on learning how to make soft pretzels and let me tell you I do not regret it. Impress yourself and your friends with the perfect soft snack! Plus, in this class, you'll learn how to make animal shapes like an octopus, a turtle, a snail, or a snake. Send me your leftovers. 〰️ 6:30pm 〰️ Faction Brewing, Alameda 〰️ $75+ 〰️ more info
• An Evening with Kija Lucas 〰️ Here's an event on something super close to COYOTE's heart: how do we actually support artists right now? Kija Lucas, whose work hangs at Local Economy, talks through "what meaningful support looks like, how to recognize real opportunities for artists, how to find artwork you love, and how to support organizations and discover new artists along the way." 〰️ 6–8pm 〰️ Local Economy, Oakland 〰️ $10 〰️ more info

You can see all of COYOTE's past calendar picks here. If you have an event you'd like to see on a future COYOTE Calendar, email us at calendar@coyotemedia.org. If you attended and enjoyed any of these events, we'd love to hear about it in the comments!