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: November 30, 2009
The Berkeley Wire: 11.30.09
If you missed Maira Kalman’s visit to Berkeley, read it right now [NYTimes]
Most surprising read of the day: UC Berkeley lags in attracting international students [Daily Cal]
The Shattuck renaissance. Really [San Jose Mercury News]
The Graduate revised: “One word: algae” [LBL]
[Photo: Roxie Delicatessen by Alex Rez from Berkeleyside Flickr pool]
Not what you usually find in Berkeley: Filipina boxing “sensation”
The Cal Bears in a bewildering variety of sports, sure. Kite flyers at Cesar Chavez Park. Lycra-clad pelotons up the wazoo toiling up Claremont canyon. There’s no shortage of sporting folk to see in Berkeley. But I didn’t expect this:
Tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton (5-1-1, 1 KO) will take part in a public media workout as she prepares for her second title shot set for December 4th at the HP Pavilion … Continue reading »
Tagged Ana Julaton
Thanksgiving a thankstaking for Berkeley musician
Pete Madsen’s Thanksgiving weekend ended abruptly this morning when he discovered three precious guitars were stolen from his music studio at 3501 Adeline Street. A working musician, writer, and teacher, Pete performs frequently throughout the Bay Area and teaches finger-style guitar at the 5th String. Audiences see his early blues, ragtime, and slide guitar performances frequently at Berkeley’s restaurants and coffeehouses.
Pete’s lost guitars represent not only his livelihood but also milestones in his musical evolution. They … Continue reading »
Is there a fire in the hills?
I’ve just seen the following tweet:
there is a huge white smoke plume in the Berkeley Hills which has grown larger over the past 10 minutes. A fire? Anyone know about this?
Any Berkeleyside readers see or know anything?
