Daily Archives: November 30, 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.
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 »
