The Claremont hosts the first annual Berkeley Wine Festival starting tomorrow. The two-month long festival celebrates wines from the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. The festival opens with a grand reception and tasting of more than 50 wines from top wineries including Far Niente, Duckhorn Wine Company and Cliff Lede Vineyards.
Following the opening, there will be [...]
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First Berkeley Wine Festival opens tomorrow
Julia Morgan homes the stars of BAHA’s spring tour
The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association’s annual spring tour will this year focus on homes designed by architect Julia Morgan in the Elmwood and Claremont neighborhoods.
The tour, which takes place on Sunday, May 2, 1-5 pm, is titled “Looking at Julia Morgan: Early Residences in Berkeley”.
BAHA has this to say about Morgan and her work:
Berkeley is a [...]
Enjoy the rain this weekend at “Singin’ in the Rain”
On our family’s to-do list for the weekend is the show, Singin’ in the Rain, produced by Berkeley Playhouse.
It promises to be a delight, with excellent singing, great dancing, and a wonderful sense of fun.
How do I know, when I haven’t seen the production? Because I have loved every other performance this Berkeley group has [...]
Find your inner geek at LHS’ “Geek Out”
Are you a secret geek? Or a science lover? Then the Lawrence Hall of Science’s “Geek Out”, happening tonight, may be the place for you.
Every few months the Lawrence Hall of Science hosts an adults-only evening posing different scientific questions. The March 10 evening is billed as a “seismic challenge,” where participants can learn what [...]
Fundraiser honors famous alumni of Berkeley High
Quick! Which one of the following people is not an alumnus of Berkeley High?
Thornton Wilder, playwright, novelist, 3-time Pulitzer Prize winner
Ursula K. LeGuin, science fiction writer
Philip K. Dick, science fiction writer
Jack [...]
Yee named District’s Woman of the Year
Berkeley’s Mable Yee, founder of EngageHer.org, has been named Woman of the Year from Assembly District 14 by Assemblymember Nancy Skinner. Yee founded EngageHer.org, a national organization developing leadership skills among multicultural girls and women using conferences and workshops as well as digital technologies and social media. Engage Her is launching two campaigns this year [...]
Imperfect Endings: Can a daughter help her mother kill herself?
Zoe Fitzgerald Carter was living in Berkeley with her husband and two daughters when her mother began to call from Washington DC to talk about ending her life. Carter’s mother, Margaret, a vivacious, intelligent woman, was suffering from Parkinson’s and a host of other ailments and could no longer stand the pain. She wanted to [...]
Why is that parsley sprig on the Seder plate anyway?
When Ira Steingroot started working at Cody’s Books in 1976, he noticed that the store only had a small collection of Jewish books. Since Passover was approaching, Steingroot decided to stock some more haggadot, the book Jews follow during the Passover Seder.
That casual decision launched Steingroot on a 34-year quest to discover and understand haggadot [...]
Music and food fest to benefit Chile
La Peña Cultural Center on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley will hold a benefit concert this Sunday to help the victims of the recent earthquake in Chile.
A newly formed organization, Mano a Mano Con Chile (Hand in Hand with Chile) — a group made up of local Chileans and north Americans — will host the benefit, which [...]
Video of today’s march
I Believe in Steve posted some video of today’s Day of Action march on YouTube.
What on earth are the people doing at the start with Impeach Obama signs?
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