Daily Archives: March 15, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 03.15.11
Aurora Theater announces its 20th season [SF Chronicle]
Cal students will vote in April whether to ban bottled water [Daily Cal]
Hank Rubin, Berkeley food pioneer, dies at 94 [Mercury News]
All 80 UC students studying in Japan are safe [Sacramento Bee]
An unusual engagement: bride-to-be finds ring under electron microscope [LBL News]
Owsley Stanley, artisan of acid, a discovery he made in Berkeley, dies at 76 [NYT]
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma in Berkeley on April 6 [Cal Performances]
Berkeley Law School slips two notches to ninth place in ranking [AM Law Daily]
Photo by A Ess Bee/Berkeleyside Flickr pool
Open near campus: Pepe’s Pizza for hungry folk
At Pepe’s Pizza, which opened at 2516 Durant Avenue near Telegraph on March 10, you can pay $6.99 and eat all you want from the pizza buffet.
That means, if you’re appetite is up for it, you can knock back salad, soup, pizza, pasta, soft drinks, and ice cream — and finish, perhaps, with one of their chocolate dessert pizzas.
What poor, starving student will be able to resist?
A squiggly bike rack gets a woolly makeover in Berkeley
On Saturday afternoon, another of Berkeley’s permanent structures was given a woolly makeover — as yarn-bombing artist Streetcolor and her assistant went to work on the bike rack in front of the former Black Oak Books store on Shattuck Avenue.
A crowd gathered to watch the creation come to life, and Streetcolor tells us many of them made a point of thanking her for what she did for Berkeley. “We were touched. A lot of people stopped and watched. And talked to us. We came out at two in the afternoon on Saturday so we could have a lot of interaction,” she says. … Continue reading »
New school for expelled kids prompts concerns
Residents who live around the Berkeley Adult School on San Pablo Avenue are concerned about a plan to bring students to the campus who have been kicked out from traditional high schools because of criminal activity.
The Alameda County Office of Education, which has responsibility for teenagers expelled from their local school districts, wants to open a community school in one of the campus’ classrooms.
Many of the students would be from Berkeley. They are considered “at risk” kids because they have committed crimes or are on probation, according to Councilwoman Linda Maio. Chronic truants are also placed in county-run community schools.
Unfortunately, the Berkeley Unified School District and Alameda County Office of Education started formulating this plan in December without gathering input from nearby residents, said Maio. There has not been a lot of information available, prompting negative rumors to circulate about the types of kids who might be coming. Some neighbors are worried. … Continue reading »
Berkeley women honored for going above and beyond
Seven women were honored last night at the 2011 “Outstanding Women of Berkeley” awards ceremony, sponsored by the City of Berkeley Commission on the Status of Women.
Established in 1978, the Commission honors women who “live, work, or learn in Berkeley” and who have “demonstrated a strong track record of volunteerism, or, if in a paid position, have gone above and beyond their regular duties.” The winners were nominated by someone who knew them and two additional references supported the nominations.
The awards ceremony was held in the public meeting room at the downtown Berkeley Public Library to a festive, standing-room-only crowd. There was a performance half way through by the a-capella group The Organic Women’s Chorus, who sang original compositions about gravity, and the delicious produce available at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market. … Continue reading »
SF International Asian American FIlm Festival Part 2
The 29th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival wraps up this coming weekend at the Festival’s East Bay flagship, Pacific Film Archive. If you enjoyed the eclectic blend of films on offer during the fest’s first week, you’ll be pleased to know that more is on the way.
Should you only have time for one film this week, make it Dance Town, a new South Korean drama screening Thursday, March 17, at 7:00pm. Apparently the third in a series of films about newcomers adapting to life in the big city of Seoul, Dance Town examines the difficulties faced by Jung-nim Rhee (newcomer Mi-ran Rha), a middle-aged North Korean housewife who flees Pyongyang for the South at the behest of her husband, a businessman whose travels have allowed him to establish connections beyond The Hermit Kingdom’s borders. … Continue reading »
