Berkeley author Michael Lewis named his most recent book about the 2008 economic meltdown The Big Short. He could have called it The Upside (in a nod to a previous book, The Blind Side.) The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine sold a phenomenal 60,000 copies the week after it was released on March 21. [...]
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The Edible Schoolyard throws its big annual bash
This weekend offers the opportunity to celebrate and support one of Berkeley’s best ideas. The Edible Schoolyard at King Middle School will be hosting its annual plant sale in the garden. Schoolyard founder Alice Waters will be on hand on Saturday morning to meet, greet and sign copies of her new book, “In the Green [...]
Rookie Moms tell it how it really is
Berkeley moms Heather Flett and Whitney Moss (pictured left) are all about debunking a few myths, most notably that new motherhood is a bed of roses. Indeed, as any new mother knows, it can be hard work and, well, boring too. With their blog Rookie Moms the pair, who met when 15 years ago through [...]
Berkeley author pledges to support college program
Berkeley author Ayelet Waldman has come up with a clever, not to mention generous, idea to help send a disadvantaged Oakland student to college through the Scholar Match program, established by her fellow writer and friend Dave Eggers. Waldman has selected one student, Eddie Ashley, and is going to match every dollar her family, friends [...]
Meet Romney Steele today at My Nepenthe signing
Berkeleyside contributing writer Romney Steele will be signing her book “My Nepenthe” today from noon to 3pm at Nathan & Co on Piedmont Avenue. In “My Nepenthe”, Romney chronicles the colorful back story of Nepenthe, the celebrated Big Sur restaurant which her family owned, including the unorthodox life they lived and the eclectic community they cultivated. [...]
The Berkeley Wire 4.30.10
Three swastikas found at Clark Kerr campus [J Weekly] Berkeley Arts Festival runs through May, kicks off tomorrow [BAF] Berkeley provides cycling model for city of Glendale [Glendale News Press] The lie detector was created in Berkeley: A look back [California Magazine] Police alert: Credit card fraud on the rise in Berkeley [BPD] Photo: “And [...]
Author Peter Carey makes Berkeley his Bay Area stop
Two-time Booker Prize winner Peter Carey will be making his only Bay Area appearance on May 5 at the First Congressional Church of Berkeley. Carey, author of Oscar and Lucinda and Illywhacker, will be talking about his most recent novel, Parrot and Olivier in America, in which he reimagines Alexis de Tocqueville’s journey to and through [...]
Future uncertain for Berkeley’s Serendipity Books
Peter B. Howard, the owner of Serendipity Books, has been collecting antique tomes for 47 years and the results of his diligence can be seen in the stacks and stacks of books at his store on University Avenue. A world-renowned book collector who has rescued a number of valuable archives from the Berkeley city dump [...]
Neighborhood revival: Kick-starting the Lorin district
May 1 marks the re-launching of a neighborhood — and a chance to celebrate lots of new happenings in the Lorin district, Berkeley’s lowest income, most economically depressed neighborhood, where over 30% of residents live below the poverty line. The Adeline Street Merchants Association is setting up shop again. Soon to open is the Ed Roberts [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 4.20.10
Kitchen on Fire duo sign deal for “Break the Recipe Habit” book [Publishers Weekly] Berkeley’s unemployment rate hits 11.3% [Daily Cal] Now booking: “Oliver” opens at Berkeley Playhouse Saturday [Coco Times] Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner supports proposed gun ban legislation [CBS5] Berkeley High freshman team coaches denied funds [Daily Cal] Photo: Keoki Seu/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
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