Water is the subject of a panel discussion this evening at the David Brower Center to kick off Water, Rivers and People/Agua, Ríos y Pueblos, a photography exhibition in the center’s Hazel Wolf Gallery. The exhibition, an international collaboration, is an homage to those who fight to defend rivers and the people who depend on them. [...]
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40th anniversary of Berkeley’s Kent State protest
Today is the 40th anniversary of Kent State, where four students were shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen. The students were shot during a protest against President Richard Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia, which he had announced on television a few days earlier. The day after the shootings, students at UC Berkeley launched their own [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 4.22.10
Dorothea Lange Fellowship winner looks at dueling identities (above) [UC Berkeley] CHP pursuit leads from Pittsburg to Berkeley, with one arrest [Coco Times] Congregation Beth El starts a new family Shabbat school [J-Weekly] Future of punk venue 924 Gilman may be in jeopardy [East Bay Express] Come for the culture, stay for the food: new [...]
Berkeley and the 1906 earthquake
Sunday is the 104th anniversary of the massive 1906 San Francisco earthquake and SFGate.com is honoring the occasion by running 39 pictures from Berkeley author Richard Schwartz’s book on the subject. Earthquake Exodus 1906, Berkeley Responds to the San Francisco Refugees discusses – in words and pictures – how numerous San Francisco residents came to [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 3.15.10
Another day, another Cal prof wins a top prize [WSJ] Berkeley part of “shoulder tap” sting operation [CBS5] Vegan bakery Cinnaholic set to open in Berkeley [SFoodie] Oakland “kicks Berkeley’s ass” on green policy [SF Weekly] Photo: brinberkeley/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
Opening: Marc Riboud photography
This Friday, March 12th, sees the official opening of the “Marc Riboud Photographs” exhibition at the Graduate School of Journalism Center for Photography at UC Berkeley. Marc Riboud is considered one of the great photojournalists of the 20th century. He joined the Magnum photo agency in Paris in the early 1950s and traveled extensively, working with [...]
A L@te start to the weekend
If the aim of Berkeley Art Museum’s L@te Friday night events is to generate some buzz, the museum has succeeded. Last night’s event had the energy of a good cocktail party, which seemed to be picking up steam at 8:30. (I bet they had to shoo people out at the 9 p.m. closing — I [...]
Capturing forgotten faces: the $2 portraits project
Justin Beck shot the above portrait on Shattuck Avenue. He paid the man, whose name he couldn’t identify, $2.00 and chatted to him for a while. The portrait was taken as part of an initiative Beck is participating in called the $2 Portraits Project which was launched by San Francisco photographer Thomas Hawk on June 12 2008. [...]
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