Daily Archives: September 15, 2011
The Berkeley Wire: 09.15.11
UC Berkeley in top rank as military-friendly university [DailyCal]
Ian Carmichael, UC Berkeley volcano expert, dies aged 81 [UC Berkeley NewsCenter]
Berkeley graduation rate ahead of county, state averages [Patch]
BAM/PFA unveils design for new home in old UC printing plant [Chronicle]
Bookkeeper who stole from Molly B sentenced to prison [Chronicle]
Ayelet Waldman’s “Mommy-Track Mysteries” to be CBS show [TVology]
“I love Berkeley in the fall” by sisterfish3/Berkeleyside Flickr pool
Berkeley High’s Kehlani and PopLyfe fall at final AGT hurdle
Berkeley High junior Kehlani Parrish and her group PopLyfe reached the final four of America’s Got Talent this week. But the six-member group was the first to be voted off on last night’s results show.
Despite that disappointment, PopLyfe had a thrilling performance of “Higher Ground” with Stevie Wonder on the show. When told they would be performing with Wonder, the usually composed Parrish was clearly thrilled. “He’s the reason I started singing,” she said.
Following the performance of … Continue reading »
Fiat dealership to take over old Nissan space on Shattuck
A new Fiat dealership, planned for the old Nissan space at Shattuck and Ward, expects to be selling cars within the next two months, pending design and planning review. It will be part of a new network of 130 Fiat dealers nationwide, a planned resurgence many years after the Italian automaker pulled out of the U.S. market in 1983.
Fiat bought Chrysler out of government-sponsored bankruptcy in 2009, but it is using the appeal of its small Fiat 500 model as the base for a new American push. The Berkeley dealership will be one of several the Italian manufacturer plans for the Bay Area, according to Shane Lavery, chief financial officer of US Autogroup, which owns the adjacent McKevitt Volvo dealer and will open the Fiat site.
“Berkeley is one of the markets Fiat wanted to be in in the Bay Area,” Lavery said. “Given the size and fuel economy of the car, and its ability to negotiate the traffic and park conveniently, we think there’s a good market for it.” … Continue reading »
New Yorker illustrator enlivens Cal Performances programs
When concertgoers attend Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in the Zellerbach Hall tomorrow night, the opening performance of this year’s Cal Performances season, they’ll encounter famed choreographer Mark Morris in the novel role of conductor.
They’ll also catch the first sight of the whimsical caricatures by Tom Bachtell that will be gracing the Cal Performances programs this season.
Bachtell’s style is well known from his illustrations for The New Yorker‘s Talk of the Town, which he has … Continue reading »
Ride for Recovery targets $25,000 in donations for Options
On Sunday morning at 6 a.m., Bobby Miller will get on his bike in front of the Veteran’s Memorial Building on Center Street, and set off on a ride. He’ll head first to the Carquinez Bridge, then to Napa, before turning to Lake Berryessa and ending up in Davis. On Monday, he’ll retrace his route back to Berkeley, for a total of 216 miles in two days.
Miller, the 67-year old executive director of Options Recovery Services, isn’t riding … Continue reading »
Roseanna Vitro interprets Randy Newman’s songbook
The idea seems so obvious it’s hard to explain why no one beat Roseanna Vitro to the project, but her recent album “Sail Away” is the first featuring a jazz singer applying her acute interpretive skills to Randy Newman’s vast and vivid songbook.
A veteran improviser who’s often explored material outside the standard repertoire, the New York City-based Vitro makes a rare Bay Area appearance Sunday afternoon at the Jazzschool accompanied by an enviable rhythm section with pianist Matt … Continue reading »
