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: October 19, 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 10.19.20
District 7 candidates raise most money in council races [Daily Cal]
Judge gives BHS counselor and girl he allegedly harassed week to settle [Oakland Trib]
Berkeley grads held in Iran to go on trial in November [AP]
Berkeley Beat tells students what happened last week [Cal TV]
John Yoo debate plays out on YouTube [Andy Worthington]
Homeless can get haircuts and more at fair on Thursday [CCT]
Fourth Berkeley Horror Film Festival this weekend [pulsd.com]
Photo: T-Rex at UC Berkeley by parksdh2/Berkeleyside Flickr pool
Police capture men suspected of armed robberies
With the recent rash of armed robberies, walking in Berkeley has become somewhat of a hazardous sport.
In addition to the two men who were robbed in front of Top Dog on Durant on Sunday (and reported today on Berkeleyside), on Sept. 13, there were three armed robberies in one day. (One occurred in Oakland). On Oct. 5, another person was held up with a shotgun.
Now there is some good news. Berkeley police are … Continue reading »
Capturing Berkeleyside photographer Keoki Seu
Readers often admire the photography on Berkeleyside and ask us who takes the images. Chances are they are probably referring to the work of Keoki Seu, whose photographs often accompany our daily news Wire, frequently pop up in our weekly “Where in Berkeley?” slot and occasionally are at the heart of a news story.
Keoki’s photography is often nothing short of extraordinary, and we thought you might like to know a little more about the person behind these arresting images — not least the fact that he is not actually a professional photographer. Berkeleyside feels honored to publish Keoki’s work and we asked him to share some of his story, as well as some of his favorite photographs which we reproduce here.
Keoki, how long have you lived in Berkeley and where did you move from?
I’ve lived in Berkeley just over three and a half years. I moved here after I completed graduate school in Virginia.
Which neighborhood do you live in?
I live in north Berkeley, at the end of the Gourmet Ghetto. I find that quite a bit of my photography comes from that area, because I walk through there daily.
What do you do for a living?
I’m a postdoctoral research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. I work at the X-Ray facility at the Lab called the Advanced Light Source.
When did you take up photography?
I’m relatively new to photography. I bought my first point-and-shoot about six years ago and used it sporadically. About two years ago, after my brother bought a nice digital SLR and I saw how well it captured images, so I decided to get one as well. I bought my SLR camera off eBay about a year and a half ago, and that is the camera I still use. … Continue reading »
Tagged Keoki Seu, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Lyrics & Dirges: new Berkeley reading series
For the last five years, Berkeley writer Tomas Moniz has been putting out Rad Dad, a zine that combines his take on fathering with musings about gender, race, class, politics, and other aspects of society.
His drawings and discussions on how to parent in a world that often espouses values of domination and elitism have brought him a steady following. After self-publishing 18 issues, his newest zine, his 19th, will be published by Microcosm … Continue reading »
Tagged Lyrics & Dirges, M.K. Chavez, Rad Dad, Sharon Coleman, Tomas Moniz
Big Screen Berkeley: Tamara Drewe
It is, of course, a well-worn maxim that Helen’s face launched a thousand ships, precipitating the bloody and lengthy Trojan War. But what could a nose alone accomplish? That’s the question posed by Tamara Drewe, director Stephen Frears’ (High Fidelity, Dirty Pretty Things) marvelous new romantic comedy of errors, opening this coming weekend at the Shattuck Cinemas.
Based on what I can only assume is the least-likely graphic novel ever penned, Tamara Drewe stars former Bond girl Gemma Arterton … Continue reading »
Tagged Gemma Arterton, Stephen Frears, Tamara Drewe
Two men robbed outside Top Dog
Two 26-year old men who were sitting outside Top Dog restaurant on Durant Avenue were robbed by gun point early Sunday morning, according to police.
One of the men was sitting inside a car eating a hot dog, and another was standing by the car when four men approached them at 3:05 am., said police. One assailant held a pistol and pointed it at the man standing outside the car. There was a struggle, and the person holding the gun … Continue reading »
