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: September 7, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 09.07.10
UC Berkeley student runs $700,000 T-shirt business from his apartment [SF Chronicle]
Berkeley rap phenom Brandon McCartney, a.k.a. Lil B, in profile [SFBG]
Berkeley Lab building to open early, saving $500,000 [SF Biz Times]
Ethiopians gathered in Berkeley to celebrate new year, Enkutatash [Oakland North]
Berkeley residents among those giving blood on Labor Day after cop shooting [SFGate]
15-year-old starts second semester studying the stars at UC Berkeley [Mercury News]
“I only play Jewish characters.” Mandy Patinkin at Berkeley Rep [Jewish Chronicle]
Photo by Keoki Seu/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Daily Kos’s Markos Moulitsas to discuss radical right
Markos Moulitsas, the Berkeley-based founder of the progressive Daily Kos political website, is speaking tonight at 7 p.m. at Books Inc on Fourth Street about his new book, American Taliban (subtitle: “How war, sex, sin, and power bind Jihadists and the radical right”).
The book has had a mixed reception, even from some media that would normally be sympathetic to Moulitsas’ argument. Jamelle Bouie at The American Prospect had a particularly harsh review:
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Tagged American Taliban, Daily Kos, Markos Moulitsas
Berkeley Playhouse’s “Aladdin” goes on tour, a first
When the cast of Berkeley Playhouse’s “Aladdin” took their final bows yesterday at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, it was meant to be the production’s final curtain call.
But, after an unexpected invitation from Gene Abravya at the Spreckels Performing Arts center in Rohnert Park some weeks ago, it turns out the lively musical is going on tour — a first for Berkeley Playhouse.
“It’s very, very exciting and very humbling to know that our work, … Continue reading »
Election groundwork: Who’s running in November?
Four Berkeley council seats and a variety of other Berkeley posts are being contested at the general election on Tuesday, November 2. Berkeleyside will have full coverage of all the races but, first, here is your quick summary guide to who is running for what.
We’ve provided links to the candidates’ profile pages at the City Clerk’s site, as well as to their own websites when we could find it (if we’ve missed some sites, let us know).
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Connections: Two Berkeley artists, one exhibition
An exhibition of the work of Judith Belzer and Nina Zurier, two artists who live and work in Berkeley, opened this week at the George Lawson Gallery in San Francisco. While neither artist would necessarily say their art reflects the city they call home, in both cases their work has been directly influenced by where they live and how they spend their time here.
For Belzer, it was a move west which, she says, had an impact … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
Phil Spector is a musical genius. He’s also an egomaniac who compares himself favorably to Michelangelo, Galileo and Da Vinci, a recluse with a penchant for firearms, and an inmate in Corcoran State Prison, where he’s currently serving a 19-to-life term for the 2003 murder of film actress Lana Clarkson. In The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector, a BBC documentary beginning a theatrical run at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater this Friday September 10 (there are no play-dates scheduled … Continue reading »
