Daily Archives: January 11, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 01.11.11
UC Berkeley Chancellor’s remarks on Arizona shootings “ill advised” [Huff Po]
Berkeley High School alum killed in car crash [Sacramento Bee]
For 80th anniversary, City Club rents rooms for $80 a night [LA Times]
Cal boosters show off new photos of student high performance center [Cal Bears]
Canadian writer dazzled by Gourmet Ghetto [Vancouver Sun]
New at Aurora: “Collapse”, a comedy about surviving and transcending [Aurora]
New book club for cooks on Berkeley’s Fourth Street [SFoodie]
Opening at the Rep: “The Last Cargo Cult” with Mike Daisey [Stark Insider]
Photo: Sun through fog by Art Poskanzer/Berkeleyside Flickr pool
Michael Chabon on his adopted hometown of Berkeley
Writing in The Atlantic today, bestselling author and Elmwood resident Michael Chabon muses on the meaning of the word “hometown” and the arbitrariness of borders. While he grew up in Columbia, MD, a place he describes as “fulfilling the promises of the American experiment one neocolonial tract house at a time”, Chabon’s more obvious hometown is Berkeley, where he has lived since 1997.
It was Chabon who composed what to many is the definitive piece of writing on the city, … Continue reading »
Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor will be coming to Berkeley next month to preside over the final arguments in Berkeley Law School’s moot court.
The court’s newest justice will hear law students’ arguments on Feb. 2, according to a press release issued by the law school. She will be joined by Judge William Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, (who is a Berkeley resident) and Associate Justice Carol A. Corrigan of the California Supreme Court.
The participation of the prestigious trio in the James Patterson McBaine Honors Competition will serve as an “invaluable learning opportunity,” for aspiring lawyers, said Berkeley Law Dean Chris Edley.
The students will present closing arguments centered on a real trial. This year that case is Busch v. Marple Newton School District, a First Amendment case that challenges a school district’s ability to limit what students and parents can say in class.
The Feb. 2 moot court competition will be held in Wheeler from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Learn more about the event and register here.
Berkeley library selects artists for two new commissions
The Berkeley library has chosen two artists to create new public works for their North Berkeley and Claremont branches, both of which are to undergo major renovations, after holding a competition for the projects.
On Friday last week six local artists presented possible projects to the library’s Visual Arts Selection Panel as part of the competition which, according to Berkeley Civic Arts Coordinator Mary Ann Merker, attracted 16 initial entrants. The winning entries were those submitted by Berkeley metal artist Eric … Continue reading »
Calling all citizen journalists — we have an app for that
Berkeleyside was founded by three professional journalists, but we’re ardent believers in the power of citizen journalism, where many members of the community take an active role in collecting and reporting what goes on.
Already, many of the stories we publish here are the result of tips from readers, sent in by email or left in the comments section.
Now we have come up with another way for Berkeleyans to do citizen journalism with one of the features of our … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: Suspicion
Though he’s been dead for more than 30 years, Alfred Hitchcock remains an instantly recognizable pop culture icon. His French acolyte Claude Chabrol, on the other hand, could have walked down any street in America without fear of recognition, but he left behind his own impressive body of work when he passed away last September.
Pacific Film Archive’s new series, “Suspicion: The Films of Claude Chabrol and Alfred Hitchcock”, reunites the two masters of suspense via a generous selection … Continue reading »
