BAC Community Dinner

You’re Invited to Berkeley Art Center’s 2025 Fall Community Dinner!

Join us for an unforgettable evening on the BAC bridge, where a canopy of redwoods sets the stage for connection, culture, and celebration. This year’s Community Dinner will feature an abundant, family-style Ethiopian feast, lovingly created by The Injera Project.

Guests will enjoy savory rich stews, fragrant spices, and the communal joy of breaking injera together. Expect bold flavors, lively conversation, and the kind of communal warmth that only happens when food, culture, and artists come together.

Every ticket directly supports Berkeley Art Center’s mission to champion local artists, curators, and arts educators. Funds raised will ensure they are paid equitably for their invaluable contributions to exhibitions and public programs throughout 2025–2026.

Come hungry. Leave inspired. Be part of the community that supports the art ecosystem of Berkeley and beyond!

Enjoy wines generously donated by Farm Wine Imports as you savor the following Vegan and Gluten-free menu:

STARTER

• Salata: green salad with Ethiopian dressings
• Azifa: lentil-based salad
• Buticha: chickpea-base dip

MAIN COURSE served family-style:

• Injera: gluten-free flat bread made with teff
• Alicha Kik: split pea stew
• Meser wat : spicy lentil stew
• Atakilt: cabbage and carrots with spices

DESSERT COURSE

• Biko: sticky coconut rice cake
• Ethiopian coffee

Limited Tickets: RSVP to attend the event.

Thank you to all of our sponsors!

The Injera Project, Thet Shein Win-Lahpet Thoke Writing, Farm Wine Imports, Berkeley Commonplace, and Berkeley City Councilmembers.

ABOUT THE INJERA PROJECT

The Injera Project is a social enterprise reimagining how injera is made, shared, and valued — by empowering Ethiopian women, supporting smallholder teff farmers, and creating a climate-smart supply chain rooted in tradition and equity.

ABOUT BERKELEY ART CENTER

Berkeley Art Center (BAC) is a hub for artistic exploration and community building that champions work by Bay Area artists and curators. Located in Live Oak Park in North Berkeley, we make contemporary art approachable at an intimate scale while serving diverse communities through exhibitions and artist-conceived events, workshops, and programs. Since its founding in 1967, BAC has exhibited work by important local figures such as Enrique Chagoya, Mildred Howard, Hung Liu, Jim Melchert, Taraneh Hemami, Lava Thomas, and David Huffman and Carrie Mae Weems, among others.

Berkeley Art Center contact: aW5mbyB8IGJlcmtlbGV5YXJ0Y2VudGVyICEgb3Jn, office: (510) 644-6893

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