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 10, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 09.10.10
Uncertainty over potential release of ex-Berkeley student in Iran [KTVU]
A rollicking, walloping piece of theater: Shotgun Players’ “In the Wound” [Huffpo]
Adventures in honey harvesting: Saul’s has the buzz on beekeeping [SFoodie]
Lawrence Hall of Science says adults should geek out too [LHS]
Berkeley’s wild Westside: cinnamon rolls and BBQ [East Bay Express]
Photo: Berkeley Farmers’ Market by kukkurovaca/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Berkeley sketchbook: Time out on the way to school
Last week’s sketch of a French horn player by designer and Berkeley resident Diana Howard proved so popular, we have sought her permission to reproduce her wonderful drawings regularly.
Here we have a student on the way to school yesterday on Ohlone Greenway — but taking some time out, perhaps to check in with friends or play a swift game of Tetris on his mobile phone.
Tagged Diana Howard
UC Berkeley’s Dan Kammen takes World Bank post
Just as economist Christy Romer is packing her bags in Washington to return to Berkeley, another star academic is making the move east. Dan Kammen, who holds multiple posts in engineering, public policy and as Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, will become the World Bank’s chief technical specialist for renewable energy and energy efficiency.
“I am captivated and motivated by the need to respond to the immense clean energy needs of countries around … Continue reading »
Tagged Dan Kammen, World Bank
Uncovering scraper bikes in West Berkeley
When West Berkeley’s Church Without Walls got a small grant from the San Francisco Foundation, the idea was to paint a mural. But when that project fell through, the church tried to give the $2,000 back. “Do something artsy in West Berkeley,” was the reply.
So senior pastor Dana Cunliffe and filmmaker Chrissy Dodson decided to make a short film interviewing people in their West Berkeley neighborhood. But they were sidetracked when they encountered the enthusiasm of middle … Continue reading »
Berkeley Bites: Minh Tsai, Hodo Soy Beanery
Minh Tsai is on a mission to make tofu the next hip artisanal food. He knows he has a ways to go to get many Americans to even taste tofu, but if anyone can make it cool to eat bean curd, this enthusiastic self-described tofu master is the man for the job.
Tsai grew up eating fresh tofu from street vendors in his native Vietnam. He arrived in the U.S. via Malaysia, part of the so-called boat people exodus. Both … Continue reading »
Tagged acme bread company, Alex Hozven, Berkeley Natural Grocery, Coi Restaurant, cultured pickle shop, Gather Restaurant, Hodo Soy Beanery, John Scharffenberger, June Taylor Jams, Minh Tsai, Monterey Market, Saul's Restaurant& Delicatessen, Slanted Door Restaurant, Star Grocery, Steve Sullivan, Tokyo Fish Market
West Berkeley farmer seeks home for oil press
The West Berkeley urban farmer who asked the community to help him buy an olive oil press has raised enough money to install it.
Now he just needs to find the press a home.
Andy Dale, a computer security and privacy architect who also runs a small farming operation from his Seventh Street home, raised $2,670 through Kickstarter.com, a website that crowd-sources fundraising. That was $170 over his $2,500 goal.
In August and September, 38 … Continue reading »
