Featured events- 06/02/2012 - 9th Annual Berkeley World Music Festival, Sat, June 2
- 06/02/2012 - EAST BAY OPEN STUDIOS 2012 // JUNE 2-3, JUNE 9-10
- 06/02/2012 - Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival, Saturday, June 2, 2012 (Rain Date June 9) 10AM-5PM
- 06/01/2012 - Hillside Club Concert - Beth Custer Ensemble - 'My Grandmother'
- 05/31/2012 - One Man, Two Guvnors from National Theatre, London
Daily Archives: October 19, 2009
Won’t you start tweeting, Mr Bates?
We at Berkeleyside have a penchant for Twitter (follow us at berkeleyside) and appreciate the networking/sharing possibilities the micro-blogging site offers.
So we were pleased to see that Berkeley’s mayor Tom Bates jumped on the bandwagon back in April and opened up a Twitter account, which can be found at MayorTomBates (hat-tip: michellequinn).
Trouble is Mr Bates hasn’t posted anything yet — which may explain his paltry number of followers — just 11 at last count. So … Continue reading »
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Excavating Berkeley’s New Deal past
On Wednesday, Gray Brechin will give a talk entitled “A New Deal for the East Bay: Excavating the Buried Civilization of the Great Depression” in which the historical geographer will look at how New Deal public work agencies put thousands of men and women to work to transform Berkeley and its sister cities within less than a decade.
Doubtless many of the initiatives will provide inspiration for present-day policy not least because we continue to benefit today from … Continue reading »
Wozniak: the key issues for Berkeley
Gordon Wozniak has been a Berkeley council member for District 8, where I live, since 2002. In the recent flap over the city council voting to adhere to UN resolutions that have nothing to do with municipalities, I thought Wozniak ‘s remarks were among the more sensible at the time (although he joined the unanimous vote in favor). So late last week I went to the city’s offices on Milvia to have a conversation with Wozniak about … Continue reading »
Pixar’s Brad Bird in conversation with Jon Carroll
The Berkeley Rep, aglow with the success of its latest smash, American Idiot, and from the general recognition of its artistic prowess, is also holding what promises to be an entertaining series of “conversations” hosted by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll.
First up, on November 9, is Pixar‘s Brad Bird (pictured left), the internationally acclaimed director of award-winning movies including Ratatouille and The Incredibles.
Bird also wrote and directed the 1999 feature, The Iron Giant, which in … Continue reading »
