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: November 2010
The Berkeley Wire: 11.30.10
Wednesday December 1 declared a Spare the Air day [Spare the Air]
Berkeley Lab scientists receive time on nation’s fastest computer [Berkeley Lab]
Berkeley man, 28, in critical condition after fatal Oakland car crash [Mercury News]
Oil Vey! Chanukah Foods From Around the World, in Berkeley [Blog Appetit]
Richmond wants to attract Berkeley Lab campus [Mercury News]
Photo: Memorial stadium filling up before Cal got crushed by Stanford at the Big Game, 2010 by D.H. Parks/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
A question for Berkeleyans: how to recycle batteries
Berkeleysider Randolph Kielich writes in with what should be a simple question: “We are trying to recycle or return all of our alkaline batteries and not throw them in the garbage. Where do we go?” State law, not incidentally, requires safe disposal of batteries. Throwing them in the trash is against the law.
The city’s website has the answer, but it’s not exactly easy.
Alameda County residents and small businesses can use the Alameda County Hazardous Waste … Continue reading »
In “Of The Earth”, Odysseus begins his journey home
If you were fortunate enough to see the Shotgun Players’ production of “In The Wound” earlier this year at John Hinkel Park, you’ll be looking forward to the second part of what the Berkeley theater group calls The Salt Plays. “Of The Earth”, which opens this week on December 2, continues the chronicle of Odysseus, “the most famous war story ever told”.
As Shotgun puts it: “Now this soldier’s journey home begins. Demons stand between him and his family, monsters of the past, present and future. Finishing the percussive story that began earlier in the season, this second piece tears apart man’s concept of himself, and offers a journey of the traumatized mind through to the brilliance and beauty of destiny.”
Watch the video above for a taste of the production, which is written and directed by Jon Tracy, and will be performed at The Ashby Stage through January 16.
Tagged Jon Tracy, Of the Earth, Shotgun Players
It’s in The New Yorker: God spotted in Berkeley
At long last, the truth can be revealed: God has visited Berkeley. And apparently he is tall, broad-shouldered and six foot three. No word on his hair length.
This news of God’s appearance was revealed last week in the New Yorker’s Thanksgiving edition, in an article by Lauren Collins titled “Are You The Messiah?”
Apparently, a Scottish man named Benjamin Creme, who heads up Share International, a London-based religious organization with acolytes around the world, has been predicting … Continue reading »
Made in Berkeley: Shadow of the Thin Man
Shooting a movie on location simply wasn’t necessary during Hollywood’s Golden Age—the period from the late 1920s through late 1950s when the studio system was firmly in control of American film production. Whether a film was set in the back alleys of Old Shanghai, the drawing rooms of modern-day London, or the dachas of Imperial Russia, there was a set on the back-lot—or at worst a location a few hours drive away—that could fill in and provide a reasonable facsimile … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 11.29.10
Phantom Limb makes Lemony Snicket’s play come alive (above) [Chron]
UC Berkeley graduates detained in Iran allowed to call home [Mercury News]
With Blaft, Berkeley native publishes pulp fiction in India [East Bay Express]
Berkeley fisherman fights declining Pacific salmon population [Peninsula Press]
Berkeley Police Department fails to report timely crime data [Daily Californian]
Richard Goldman, one of Cal’s biggest donors, dies [SF Chronicle]
Wells Fargo windows smashed to protest death of Oscar Grant [Angry News]
UC webmaster creates “Bucketlist” wish site [The Next Web]
Three guys rent Berkeley house, work 24/7, create new company [Portfolio.com]
Laptops stolen from LeConte [KGO News]
Parents lodge complaint against tot lot neighbor [Oakland Tribune]
North Berkeley sees rash of armed robberies
Matt Raimi was sitting in Ohlone Park at 11.30 in the morning on the Thursday before Thanksgiving chatting on his cell phone with a cabinet maker about a possible kitchen remodel when he felt something nudge him in the side. He looked up and saw a young man who demanded that Raimi hang up and give him the iPhone. The man — black, aged between 16 and 20 and about 5’7″, according to Raimi — had a semi-concealed gun in his pocket and was pointing it straight at him.
Raimi gave up his phone and wallet — the laptop bag at his feet was rejected after he explained it was empty. In fact, Raimi had just dropped off his computer at the shop to be repaired. Nobody witnessed the incident and the perpetrator has not yet been found.
Raimi, who runs an urban planning business close to Ohlone Park, is only one of several Berkeley residents to have been a victim of armed robbery in the north Berkeley area in the past few weeks. According to Berkeley Police Officer Casimiro Pierantoni, six armed robberies have taken place in North Berkeley since November 11. Writing in his community newsletter Officer Pierantoni said the robberies were concentrated in the residential area around the North Berkeley BART station.
District 1 Councilmember Linda Maio, who distributed safety alert flyers to residents in her area after the crime wave, was reported as saying she believed the North Berkeley BART station might be entry point for criminals trying to take advantage of the affluent North Berkeley community. … Continue reading »
Tagged Berkeley crime, Berkeley police, Ohlone Park
Who are you? Unveiling Berkeleyside readers
On November 17, Berkeleyside launched a Readership Survey. We put it up on the site, naturally, and sent it to our wonderful email subscribers. We didn’t know what to expect in terms of a response, so we were thrilled when near-on 900 of you took the time to tell us a little bit about yourselves and share your views of Berkeleyside.
We feel obliged to report, immodestly, that the vast majority of you love Berkeleyside. The plaudits were numerous, vocal and very encouraging.
But enough about us. What about you? When the survey went up, Berkeleyside reader Mike Farrell posted a comment asking that we “Please post the survey results”. Farrell said he was particularly interested in how wide a readership we have in Berkeley.
Well, on that score the results are conclusive: a whopping 84% of respondents live in Berkeley while just over half (53%) work in the city too. … Continue reading »
Tibetan Buddhism flourishes in downtown Berkeley
Harold Way, a small street in the heart of downtown Berkeley, has become a new center for Tibetan Buddhism.
In the last two years, followers of Tarthang Tulku, a Tibetan lama who came to Berkeley in 1969, have purchased three buildings next door to one another — a whole city block.
Visitors walking along the west side of Harold Way can now immerse themselves in Buddhist teachings. They can browse in a bookstore filled with books written in English and Tibetan, learn Sanskrit, or volunteer to help send books to Tibetan refugees. They soon will be able to hear lectures on Buddhism and other topics. … Continue reading »
On our first anniversary: welcome to our new design
Almost from the first days of Berkeleyside, we’ve been a bit restless about our design. It was something we threw up when we created the site, but we knew we wanted to change it when we grew up. It needed honing, and we needed to make room for a host of new ideas for Berkeleyside.
In September we tweeted that we were looking for a designer, and we had the great fortune to find a Berkeleysider who was also a … Continue reading »
