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
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Poem: Roses for Rose Street
Tennessee Reed, a poet and memoirist, grew up in Oakland and attended UC Berkeley. Reed, daughter of the novelist Ishmael Reed and the writer/choreographer Carla Blank, was diagnosed at an early age with several language-based learning disorders. She was never expected to read or write.
Despite this dire diagnosis, Reed not only went on to read and write, but published the first of her four books of poetry at the age of 11. She is also the author of … Continue reading »
Tagged Carla Blank, Ishmael Reed, Rose Street, Tennessee Reed
Stealth knitters hold “T” party protest
The stealth knitters who covered the “T” in the Here/There sculpture on the Berkeley-Oakland border held a T/tea party of sorts this weekend. They were protesting the city of Berkeley’s declaration that they must take down the tea cozy cover they put up over the “T,” changing the public art installation to read Here-Here. Sweet Adeline Bakery provided the desserts.
Read Berkeleyside’s earlier coverage of the stealth knitting project.
Video by Richard Parks of The Bay … Continue reading »
Tagged Knit-on-one, stealth knitters, T party, Yarn bombing
Berkeley samba school goes to town
Yesterday, dancers at the World Dance Center on San Pablo rehearsed in advance of today’s Carnaval Parade in San Francisco. The World Dance Center has participated in the parade for many years, performing under the name Ginga Brasil.
Tagged Brazilian Dance, Carnaval, Ginga Brasil, Samba, World Dance Center
The Berkeley Wire: 5.28.10
UC Berkeley freshmen who entered in 2009 had average 4.10 GPA [New York Times]
“Education Matters” is theme of Cal’s summer reading list [UC Berkeley]
Group sues East Bay Regional Parks over Eucalyptus tree removal [Coco Times]
Scientists challenge UC Berkeley team’s claim of “Ardi” as new human [New York Times]
Berkeley entrepreneur sells conversation starting game [Oakland Tribune]
Photo: Steps by Claudie C-G/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Berkeley’s car-free mayor
“A little over a year ago I sold my beloved Volvo S80 T6 sedan — my 26th car — and set off on a new adventure: shrinking my already relatively small carbon footprint.” So reports Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates (above) in his latest newsletter. The fact that he can figure out exactly how many cars he has owned either indicates that he’s meticulous about keeping records or that he really did love his cars.
The car-free mayor is … Continue reading »
Safeway’s plan for Albany store meets resistance
Safeway wants its customers to have a peak experience while shopping at its stores.
Trouble is, many neighborhood residents seem to be skeptical of the impacts those “enhanced” experiences will offer.
In recent years, Safeway has met tough resistance to its plans to transform its 1,710 stores into “lifestyle stores,” complete with in-hour bakeries, floral shops, pharmacies, delis, and separate sections for meat and fish.
When Safeway announced plans to tear down its 1950s era store on Claremont and … Continue reading »
Tagged Safeway on Solano
Berkeley Bites: Tanya Henderson
Tanya Henderson is a cooking instructor for the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD). During the day she cooks with teens at Willard Middle School. Once a week she whips up dishes with kids in the after-school program at Malcolm X Elementary. She also teaches evening nutrition classes to parents at several BUSD locations.
A former New Yorker who worked in television — including directing a season of MTV’s Real World – Henderson moved to Berkeley to attend Continue reading »
City of Berkeley sued over Mitch Kapor home
A group of Berkeley residents has filed suit against the City of Berkeley for failing to act with due process when it approved the application, by Lotus founder and philanthropist Mitch Kapor, to build a new home at 2707 Rose Street.
The newly formed Berkeley Hillside Preservation group filed a petition in the Alameda Superior Court yesterday stating that the city had exempted the Kapor application from an environmental review that is mandated under the California Environmental … Continue reading »
Tagged 2707 Rose Street, Mitch Kapor
The Berkeley Wire: 5.27.10
Happy Birthday Golden Gate Bridge: 73 today [Janson Media]
UC system reveals 2009 compensation [University of California]
Berkeley quake trial shows bridge safety ideas [SF Chronicle]
Berkeley music venue 924 Gilman Street getting punked [KALW]
AC Transit to decide on further cuts to services [Daily Cal]
School Board turns down charter school idea, for now [Oakland Tribune]
UC Berkeley summer classes bring in much needed cash [Coco Times]
Berkeley Rep’s “In the Wake” grapples with social tensions [Daily Cal]
Editorial: This is not the time for Measure C [Oakland Tribune]
Photo: mischiru/Flickr Creative Commons.
Tagged Berkeley news
Pick of the listings: A high-up Claremont house
This is one of the nicest listed houses I have seen in a while in Berkeley. Of course, you would expect it to be pretty fine with a $1.695 million price tag.
Nevertheless, high prices don’t always equate to appealing homes, and there’s an awful lot to like with this five-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom home at 90 The Uplands. There’s also one thing not to like — a potential deal breaker in fact — but we’ll come to … Continue reading »
