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: September 2010
Joe Biden drops in on the Claremont
The hotel was swarming with black-clad Secret Service officials. Cop cars from Berkeley and the Alameda County Sheriff’s office blocked the rear entrance and a mammoth mobile unit from Alameda County Bomb Squad stood sentry near the health club. Yet visitors were free to wander throughout the hotel grounds.
Claremont officials would not reveal who required all the … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 09.30.10
Berkeley singer Angela Arnold opens “Aida” (above) [Bay Citizen/Tanya Miller]
UC Berkeley Extension beefs up biotech courses [SF Business Times]
Jewish Farm School Urban Adamah opening in Berkeley [J-Weekly]
A peek inside a modern, Met Home award-winning Berkeley home [Oakland Trib]
Dancing at the Distillery on Saturday, by Hangar 1 Vodka and Kala Institute [Kala]
20 questions: Berkeley boy and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman [Financial Times]
Cinnaholic looks to its fans for business support
Cinnaholic, the gourmet vegan cinnamon rolls store that opened on Oxford Street in July, has struggled through the recent bout of unseasonably hot weather. The store needs sales of $600 a day to survive, but co-founder Florian Radke said some days recently have produced only $200 in sales.
In addition to the slowing sales, Radke said there have been some unexpected equipment and permit expenses.
So what’s a small business to do? Radke and his wife and co-founder … Continue reading »
Tagged Cinnaholic
South Berkeley community gathers in wake of murder
Mayor Tom Bates, as well as Police Chief Michael Meehan, representatives from BART and several senior city officials were on stage at the Black Repertory Group Theater on Adeline in a gathering hosted by councilmember Max Anderson who oversees the Adeline … Continue reading »
Litquake finally comes to Berkeley
Litquake, the largest literary festival west of the Mississippi, is celebrating its 11th anniversary. Each year, the festival brings together hundreds of authors and thousands of readers. Its annual Saturday night Lit Crawl in San Francisco’s Mission District, where readings are held in bars, art galleries, Laundromats, and restaurants, is a frolicking good time.
But as good as Litquake has been, this year it will be even better. That’s because the organizers have … Continue reading »
Tagged Daniel Alarcon, Daniel Handler, Litquake, Stories on Stage, Yiyun Li
Our city at work: Glassblowers and froyo wars
Hand-blown glass pipes, the frozen yogurt invasion and a backdown on BP’s relationship with UC Berkeley: Eric Klein reports on the highlights of Tuesday’s Berkeley City Council meeting.
Pigeon-holed as paraphernalia: local glass artists blocked from opening new gallery on Telegraph Professional jewelry artist and teacher Alan Revere wants to open a father-and-son shop on Telegraph Avenue near campus. At “Rebel Glass”, artisan glassblowers would work in the front window creating art with fire and sand (and an … Continue reading »
Police chief hopeful of solving Berkeley murder case
Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan said he is “very hopeful” of solving the homicide case of Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, 35, who was killed on Adeline Street near Emerson on Sunday September 12, while walking home from a party with his fiancée, Amber Nelson.
Speaking at a community meeting held on Wednesday night at the Black Repertory Group Theater on Adeline, Meehan said the Berkeley Police Department was continuing to receive leads from the public on the case and was … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 09.29.10
Smackdown: Rick and Ann’s v. Bette’s when accompanied by tots [510 Families]
Robert Hass featuring at the Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival [Oakland Tribune]
L.A. Times reporter takes some heat at UCB Grading Teachers forum [Mercury News]
The Wire creator David Simon: writer-in-residence at Berkeley’s J-School [California Mag]
UC Berkeley freshman develops comic book focusing on people with disabilities [Daily Cal]
Photo: St Mary’s College High School, Berkeley by Alex Rez/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
The Monthly turns 40
The Monthly, (formerly known as The Telegraph Monthly, the Berkeley Monthly, and the East Bay Monthly) turns 40 in October and has put out an anniversary edition pondering the question “What Makes the East Bay Unique?
The magazine’s writers have asked 40 “local luminaries” for some of their favorite memories of the region. As you can imagine, those interviewed waxed about the things that make Berkeley and the East Bay a special place: the weather, the food, the zany … Continue reading »
A mobile of banned books at Berkeley Public Library
This week is Banned Book Week and the Berkeley Public Library has erected a mobile of books that have been banned in various countries. It’s on display in the atrium of the Central Library through Oct. 31.
It’s the fourth year that the library has displayed banned books in this way. We spot The Da Vinci Code up there — the bestselling Dan Brown book was banned in Lebanon after complaints it was offensive to Christianity.
The … Continue reading »
